Patrick Gelsinger, chief government officer of Intel Corp., speaks through the Intel Innovation Taipei know-how discussion board in Taipei, Taiwan, on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023.Intel final month predicted a return to gross sales development within the fourth quarter, fueled by an bettering private laptop market and a extra aggressive product line. Photographer: I-Hwa Cheng/Bloomberg by way of Getty Pictures
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U.S. chipmaker Intel on Tuesday introduced new synthetic intelligence chips for knowledge facilities, because it appears to tackle rivals Nvidia and AMD which have showcased upcoming chips within the final two days.
Intel’s Xeon 6 processor will ship higher efficiency and energy effectivity for high-intensity knowledge middle workloads as in comparison with its predecessor, CEO Pat Gelsinger mentioned through the Computex tech convention in Taiwan.
The announcement comes as rivals Nvidia and AMD launched new AI chips on Sunday and Monday, respectively, as they jostle for management within the booming trade.
It additionally comes six months after Intel launched its fifth Gen Intel Xeon processors for knowledge middle workloads and two months after asserting the Gaudi 3 processor for AI mannequin coaching and deployment.
Intel on Tuesday additionally revealed that costs for the Gaudi 2 and Gaudi 3 AI accelerators are decrease than that of rival chips.
“Clients are in search of excessive efficiency, cost-effective gen AI coaching and inferencing options. They usually’ve began to show to alternate options like Gaudi. They need alternative. They need open software program and {hardware} options and time to market options at dramatically decrease TCOs [total cost of ownership],” Gelsinger mentioned.
Intel additionally revealed structure particulars for its upcoming Lunar Lake processors “to proceed to develop the AI PC class.” The Lunar Lake chips, anticipated to ship within the third quarter, will compete towards Nvidia’s and AMD’s chips which can be particularly designed for AI PCs.
Intel is making an attempt to catch as much as Nvidia and AMD, after having largely been on the sidelines of the AI frenzy which noticed tech giants like Meta, Microsoft and Google shopping for up as many Nvidia chips as potential.
