The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Oliver Blanchard examine Intel looking to foment the new AI PC experience by introducing its Intel Core Ultra processors, featuring its first integrated NPU for power-efficient AI acceleration and local inference on the PC.
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In the latest episode of The 5G Factor, Ron Westfall and Olivier Blanchard address Intel’s entry into the AI PC race with the debut of its NPU-powered Core Ultra processor and the implications for accelerating ecosystem adoption of AI PCs.
Intel Enters AI PC Race with NPU-powered Core Ultra Processor
Intel unveiled an array of technologies to bring AI everywhere and make it more accessible across all workloads, from client and edge to network and cloud, at its third annual Innovation event. Intel seeks to foment the new AI PC experience through its upcoming Intel Core Ultra processors (available December 14), code-named Meteor Lake, featuring Intel’s first integrated neural processing unit (NPU) for power-efficient AI acceleration and local inference on the PC. We examine the impact of the launch including use of the Intel 4 process technology in helping to deliver significant power-efficient performance improvements and bringing discrete-level graphics performance with onboard Intel Arc graphics.
Watch full episode of The 5G Factor here: 5G Factor: New Device Capabilities Pushing 5G Boundaries
Disclosure: The Futurum Group is a research and advisory firm that engages or has engaged in research, analysis, and advisory services with many technology companies, including those mentioned in this article. The author does not hold any equity positions with any company mentioned in this article.
Analysis and opinions expressed herein are specific to the analyst individually and data and other information that might have been provided for validation, not those of The Futurum Group as a whole.
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