Intel will start making GPUs, a market dominated by Nvidia 

As Intel continues to attempt to flip itself round, its CEO promised that the corporate will begin producing a brand new kind of chip, one which has been made very talked-about by rival Nvidia.

On the Cisco AI Summit on Tuesday, Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan introduced that the corporate will begin producing graphics processing items (GPUs). These are extra specialised processors, in comparison with the CPUs Intel historically produces, and are used for gaming and duties like coaching synthetic intelligence fashions.

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The venture might be overseen by Kevork Kechichian, the manager vp and basic supervisor of Intel’s information heart group, in keeping with reporting from Reuters. Kechichian was employed in September amongst a slew of recent engineer-focused hires.

Intel additionally employed Eric Demers for the trouble in January. Demers was beforehand at Qualcomm for greater than 13 years, most lately serving as a senior vp of engineering.

This initiative appears to be in comparatively early levels as Tan mentioned the corporate plans to develop its technique round buyer calls for and desires.

Whereas Nvidia didn’t invent the GPU, that particular type of chip has performed a big position in its success. Its GPUs for AI programs are so superior and standard, the chipmaker at the moment holds a commanding market lead.

It’s attention-grabbing to see Intel broaden into this space now as Tan mentioned the corporate can be consolidating and specializing in its core companies when he took the helm as CEO final March. Whereas GPUs are nonetheless semiconductors, in fact, that is nonetheless a notable enlargement.