Closing out the final of the key PC-focused keynotes at Computex 2024 this night, we’ve Intel. The long-reigning chief of the PC CPU market, Intel is in the course of executing its plans to get again on monitor on each the manufacturing and chip design elements of the enterprise. Tonight’s keynote, being helmed by the highly-animated Pat Gelsinger, is titled “Bringing AI Everywhere.” And, like so many different Computex shows and bulletins this week, AI {hardware} goes to play an enormous half, as Intel outlines a full stack of merchandise for shopper and server computing.
Of the 4 nice PC chip distributors on the present, Intel has been essentially the most up-front about what to anticipate from their hour-long presentation. The firm’s Computex 2024 web page already outlines their 4 main subjects: AI PCs, Xeon 6 Processors, Gaudi AI accelerators, and Intel’s OpenVINO software program ecosystem.
On the buyer {hardware} entrance, the corporate set the desk with a major teaser earlier this month about their forthcoming cell PC SoC, Lunar Lake. The subsequent technology of Core Ultra processors, Intel is touting important power effectivity positive aspects for the mobile-focused chip, with new architectures driving their Performance and Efficiency CPU cores, Xe2 GPU, and a a lot quicker 45+ TOPS (INT8) NPU. While the Lunar Lake announcement is coming comparatively quickly after the Meteor Lake launch, Intel has made it clear that it’s not going to carry again on delivery future merchandise; they need to make up for misplaced time. Still, Lunar Lake gadgets usually are not anticipated to hit retail cabinets till This fall of this yr, so this announcement is coming months prematurely of the {hardware} itself.
On the server entrance, Intel has been publicly prepping for the launch of a brand new technology of Xeons with the Xeon 6 platform. The most notable a part of this being the discharge of the corporate’s first Efficiency-core Xeon, Sierra Forest. Sierra Forest is ready to be the primary Xeon 6 chip out the door this yr, and can supply as much as 288 E cores on a single chip, permitting Intel to faucet into the numerous (many) core CPU markets that AMD and Arm-based rivals have been unopposed at to this point.
Finally, the corporate has absolutely pivoted its server AI accelerator technique to its Gaudi accelerators. Gaudi three was launched again in April, and whereas it isn’t anticipated to go toe-to-toe with NVIDIA’s high accelerators in each workload, Intel is betting that they’ll beat NVIDIA on essential workloads, all whereas undercutting them considerably in pricing. The first Gaudi three elements are set to be launched within the second half of this yr, so hopefully we’ll be listening to a bit extra about Intel’s plans as a part of their keynote.
10:58PM EDT – Drumming, very loud drumming would possibly I add
11:00PM EDT – Well that was, fascinating to say the least. It’s gone darkish..
11:00PM EDT – Welcome to the Intel Computex 2024 keynote, we’re bringing you what Intel is doing stay, with Pat Gelsinger anticipated to take the stage any minute. First, a video
11:01PM EDT – And right here we go, Intel CEO, Pat Gelsinger, and the gang are applauding massivelt
11:02PM EDT – Pat is speaking concerning the Taiwan tradition, nevertheless it did not take lengthy for AI to get talked about
11:03PM EDT – Touching on Moore’s Law, and speaking concerning the first Computex again in 1981 (earlier than I used to be born)
11:03PM EDT – The first trillion transistors on a chip, all the best way again then. Looking to a trillion transistors by 2030
11:04PM EDT – Intel are having a 40th celebration, however this yr marks 39 years of Intel and Taiwan collectively. And a video to have fun this partnership
11:05PM EDT – Unfortunately, the historical past is prior to now, however the AI technology is now, and “every device will become an AI device, every company an AI company”
