According to Cointelegraph, IBM recently launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) chip prototype called NorthPole, which is faster and more energy efficient than any chip currently on the market.
According to research published October 19 in the journal Science, the NorthPole chip "achieved 25 times the energy performance" and "22 times lower latency" in relevant benchmarks.
This means that NorthPole chips have the potential to outperform GPUs with lower energy requirements.