According to comments from data center head Kevork Kechichian reported on June 1, Intel aims to launch its Crescent Island AI chip by year-end with cheaper memory and cooling for inference workloads.
Intel plans to launch its Crescent Island AI chip by the end of the year, according to comments from data center head Kevork Kechichian reported on June 1. The company says the GPU is designed for inference rather than model training and is intended to use cheaper memory and cooling than competing products from Nvidia and AMD. The update adds product naming and positioning details to Intel’s previously reported plan for a lower-cost AI chip.