The matmul stuff is part of the Neural Accelerator marketing, which is distinct from the Neural Engine you're talking about.

I don't blame you. It's confusing.

It's remaining and rearrangement of the same stuff. Not a new feature.

	▲	aurareturn 6 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		The NPU is still there. This adds matmul acceleration directly into each GPU core. It takes about ~10% more transistors to add these accelerators into the GPU so it's a significant investment for Apple.
	▲	runjake 6 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		1. It adds new features. Eg. see matmul and other to-be-detailed-soon features. 2. It moves some stuff from the external Neural Engine to the GPU, which substantially increases speeds for those workloads. That itself is a feature. Will any of this really matter much to the average consumer at this point? Probably not. Not until Apple Intelligence gets off the ground.