ARM has unveiled Project Trillium, an initiative that aims to add new processor designs that cater for AI and machine learning (ML) applications. Supported by new software tools, the two designs, ML and OD (Object Detection), are being pushed as a way of adding advanced AI capabilities to mobile devices. Of course, ARM has rivals in this wave of ML-focused silicon. Google has its TPU, Intel is developing chips based on its Nervana acquisition, and CEVA and Ambarella launched new products before this year’s Consumer Electronics Show. A host of smaller start-ups will hope to pile on the pressure – including Cerebras, DeePhi, Graphcore, Horizon robotics, and Mythic. ARM ML is the first new processor design, and boasts two main features –…