AI at the Heart: Intel's Visionary Meteor Lake CPUs with Integrated VPU

Intel plans to incorporate VPU technology acquired from Movidius into its upcoming Meteor Lake client CPUs.

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John Rayfield, Intel's VP and general manager of Client AI, emphasizes the need for dedicated AI silicon in PCs due to the prevalence of AI in various workloads.

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CPUs and GPUs are currently insufficient for AI workloads, leading to the introduction of VPUs in Meteor Lake.

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Shifting AI workloads to the cloud is expensive and impractical, as users expect PCs to handle AI tasks efficiently.

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Meteor Lake will utilize Intel's Foveros packaging technology to integrate the CPU, GPU, and VPU into a single SoC.

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VPUs will be responsible for sustained AI workloads and offloading other AI-related tasks.

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The addition of AI hardware is a growing trend across the industry, from client devices to servers.

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The VPU block will be a baseline feature available in all Meteor Lake-based parts, rather than a distinguishing feature.

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Intel aims to lead the AI transformation in the client space and expects AI to revolutionize the PC user experience.

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