- Following Intel's (INTC -0.4%) acquisition of Nervana Systems in August, the company discloses aim to provide "the industry’s most comprehensive portfolio for AI" through the forthcoming "Intel Nervana Platform." Further, silicon optimized for neural network usage, "Lake Crest," will begin testing in H1 2017 and ship to select customers within the year, and a new product, "Knights Crest," that integrates tightly with Xeon processors and Nervana technology, has been added to the product roadmap. Next generation Xeon and Xeon Phi processors are additionally highlighted in the outline.
- Intels' Diane Bryant, executive vice president and general manager of the Data Center Group: "We expect the Intel Nervana platform to produce breakthrough performance and dramatic reductions in the time to train complex neural networks. Before the end of the decade, Intel will deliver a 100-fold increase in performance that will turbocharge the pace of innovation in the emerging deep learning space."
- While Intel's position in the artificial intelligence arena relative to high-flying Nvidia (NVDA +1.3%) at present is challenged by some, the former claims 97% share of data center servers operating AI workloads (which is in turn claimed by Mizuho Securities to represent 0.1% of all current server dedication, though expected to grow) and has seemingly choice opportunity to benefit as the AI market rapidly expands.
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