Thanks Gym! ------- Original Message ------- On Wednesday, August 3rd, 2022 at 10:44 AM, jim bell <[email protected]> wrote:
> Intel is working on a new type of processor you've never heard of > https://share.newsbreak.com/1j8gblhk > > Intel has let slip information about a new type of > [processor](https://www.techradar.com/news/best-processors) soon to make its > way into the company’s portfolio: the versatile processing unit, or VPU. > > Although no formal announcement has been made, written materials published by > Intel alongside a new > [Linux](https://www.techradar.com/best/best-linux-distros) driver confirmed > the existence of the processor, which is designed to accelerate AI inference > workloads. > > According to the documentation, the VPU will feature inside Intel’s 14th Gen > Core CPUs (also known as Meteor Lake) and will improve inference performance > across “computer vision and deep learning applications”. It is most likely > the brainchild of the team behind Movidius, an AI acceleration company > acquired by Intel in 2016. > > TechRadar Pro asked Intel for further details, but did not receive an > immediate response. > > Accelerating AI > > With rivals like Nvidia fighting to establish themselves as the leading chip > maker of the AI era, Intel will be thinking hard about how to demonstrate its > own credentials in the space. > > Broadly speaking, there are two types of AI workload: training and inference. > The former refers to the use of large-scale datasets to develop AI > applications with specific capabilities, while the latter refers to the > feeding of new data into these systems to generate a result.
