[Observe] AI strategy map shows how Intel will "fall"?

Artificial intelligence is getting hotter and hotter in the world. The artificial strategies of Google, IBM, and Microsoft have been introduced one after another. The industry is already waiting for the Intel artificial intelligence strategy map. From receiving Saffron, Movidius, nervana, to deploying drones, autopilot, precision medicine, how does Intel play in the AI ​​market?

Not too long ago, Intel announced its artificial intelligence strategy in the United States. On November 30, Intel Global Vice President and President of China Yang Xu said in an interview with reporters: “Enhancing skills, doing ecology, and focusing on key AI applications are the three keys to the Intel AI strategy.”

Deep learning chip is faster than GPU after three years

On November 30, the Intel Artificial Intelligence Forum was held in Beijing. Intel’s internal “arts” in the field of artificial intelligence were fully attended, including Naveen G.Rao, General Manager of Intel’s Artificial Intelligence Solutions, and Jason, General Manager of Intel’s Data Center Solutions Group. Wiliam Savage and General Manager of Software and Services Division Wiliam Savage.

According to Intel's published AI graph, Intel's AI "learning internal strength" dimension includes "function and experience". At present, everyone's attention to Intel AI is more focused on the "functionality" dimension. After accepting Saffron, Movidius, and Nervana, Intel has been able to increase its capabilities in AI "functions" such as machine learning/deep learning, inference systems, and machine vision.

90 days ago, Intel Corporation completed the acquisition of Nervana Systems. Nervana is an artificial intelligence ASIC chip supplier, the acquisition of Nervana, is seen as Intel's response to the AI ​​market against the AI ​​market. At present, most of the deep learning and machine learning in the market are handled by the GPU, and it is for this reason that the stock price of the NVIDIA company has risen once again. Has Nervana won to allow Intel to beat NVIDIA's GPU?

Nervana co-founder Naveen G.Rao is now the general manager of Intel's artificial intelligence solutions division. He believes that GPU is not born for AI, so it can't be better than Nervana. "Nvidia's products are mainly for image rendering, which is similar to deep learning, but not exactly the same. From the current choice, GPUs are the most suitable products that can be used to accelerate deep learning. But in fact, people can create More optimized and more suitable for deep learning products. From the architectural point of view, Intel's deep learning chip is ten times faster than GPU accelerated deep learning.”

NaveenG.Rao said. At present, Intel has announced more details on how to integrate Nervana's technology into its existing product roadmap. Intel will test the first chip (codenamed Lake Crest) in the first half of 2017 and sell it to major customers in the second half of the year. In addition, Intel has added a new product (codenamed Knights Crest) to the artificial intelligence roadmap, which tightly integrates Nervana technology with Intel Xeon processors. From the information disclosed, Intel hopes that Nervana will shorten the time to train deep learning models to 1/100 of the GPU solution three years later.

Not too long ago, Intel announced its AI product portfolio in San Francisco. In addition to Nervana, Intel also included Xeon processors, Xeon Phi processors, and FPGAs. Intel has given such a product portfolio, because the data shows that in the data center, the current AI-related calculation accounted for about 7%, or a relatively small part, for different workloads still need different chips.

According to Bo Anna, executive vice president and general manager of the data center division at Intel, the deep learning performance of the next-generation Intel Xeon Phi processor (codenamed Knights Mill) can be increased by a factor of 4 compared to previous generation processors. Listed on the year. In addition, Intel has provided an initial version of the next-generation Xeon processor (codenamed Skylake) to a specific cloud service provider partner, which uses the Intel Advanced Vector Instruction Set AVX-512 integrated acceleration technology to significantly enhance the machine Learn the workload's reasoning performance.

Despite the roadmap, Nervana's technology integration with Intel and the mass production of chips still take time. The future course may still be fine-tuned with the market.

Promote AI ecological layout key applications

NaveenG.Rao worked at Qualcomm and later founded Nervana. Why choose to "marry" Intel instead of Qualcomm or other companies? He stated that he values ​​Intel’s capabilities in data centers and ecology. To get Nervana to release more energy, it is a better choice to join companies like Intel that have ecological capabilities and strong data center and chip manufacturing capabilities.

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