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   On Wednesday, August 3rd, 2022 at 10:44 AM, jim bell
   <jdb10987@yahoo.com> wrote:

 Intel is working on a new type of processor you've never heard of
[1]https://share.newsbreak.com/1j8gblhk

   Intel has let slip information about a new type of [2]processor 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 [3]Linux 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.

References

   1. https://share.newsbreak.com/1j8gblhk
   2. https://www.techradar.com/news/best-processors
   3. https://www.techradar.com/best/best-linux-distros