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Asahi Neural Engine driver

Reverse-engineered Linux kernel driver, userspace library and Python bindings for the Apple Neural Engine. Not updated since 2024.

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Last pushMar 12, 2024

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Facts

Original: Apple Neural Engine (ANE)
Platform: Apple Silicon
Method: Rewrite
Provenance: Human-led · Repo created 2022, predates AI coding tools (GitHub) what this means
Status: stalled
Licence: MIT
Team: eiln
Started: 2022-12
Runs on: Linux
Needs the original: No

How to get it legally

Download it from the official repository. No original files are needed.

This project was rebuilt by eiln. Facts last checked 2026-10-14.

Sources

https://github.com/eiln/ane

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