Intel has announced the opening of the era of “Artificial Intelligence Personal Computer (AI PC)”, introducing its first mobile central processing unit (CPU) equipped with a neural network processing unit (NPU). Intel defines the explosion of semiconductor demand due to the rise of AI as ‘silicon economy’, central processing unit (CPU)The goal is to support the entire AI infrastructure, including graphics processing units (GPU) and cloud, within the Intel ecosystem. GPUs are emerging as core AI operation chipsets, but they are confident that GPU operation is impossible without Intel’s high-performance CPU.Intel CEO Pet Gelsinger introduces the new word “silikonomy” at Intel Innovation 2023 in San Jose, California on the 19th (local time). Photo courtesy = Intel
Intel CEO Pet Gelsinger said in a key note of “Intel Innovation 2023” held in San Jose, California on the 19th (local time), “The change of AI generation and the resulting economic growth are possible only by the magic of semiconductors,” defining the current economy led by AI as a new term “silikonomy.” “The semiconductor industry worth $574 billion annually is the basis of the global tech market, which amounts to $8 trillion,” he said. “Computers are the foundation for the future.” Although the market is paying attention to generative AI, it emphasized that software (SW) called AI will not run without semiconductors.Intel’s new CPUs that were introduced on the same day also focused on improving AI functions. The 5th generation of CPU “Zeon” for data centers and servers has increased AI-related processing speed two to three times compared to previous generations. Performance per power has also improved 2.4 times, which also has an advantage in reducing power consumption, which has recently emerged as a hot topic for data center operation. It also unveiled a product that increased the number of “core” which is a computing device from 144 to 288. In other words, more cores were put into a small space to increase performance as well as space utilization by 2.5 times.
The personal 14th generation CPU codenamed ‘Meteo Lake’ will be released under the new brand name ‘Intel Core Ultra’ in the AI era. CEO Gelsinger explained the background of the introduction of Intel Core Ultra, saying, “We need a new brand that fits AI, just as we introduced the brand called ‘Centrino’ in the past when Wi-Fi was introduced.” Core Ultra is designed exclusively for laptops (mobiles), which significantly reduces power consumption, and for the first time in Intel’s chipset history, a neural network processing unit (NPU) is built in, enabling its own AI operation.Intel CEO Pet Gelsinger unveiled the new mobile CPU ‘Intel Core Ultra’ at Intel Innovation 2023 in San Jose, California on the 19th (local time), emphasizing that the era of AI PC has opened. Reporter Yoon Min-hyuk On this day, Gelsinger CEO ran a meta “Rama 2” based GPT chatbot only with Core Ultra’s NPU without an Internet connection. This app, named ‘Rewind’, remembers and learns the latest work of a laptop and extracts and organizes the necessary information. It also demonstrated a scene in which Galaxy Book with Core Ultra detects knock or intervention of others during video conference. When you talk to others, you automatically mute the meeting and record the voice of the video conference partner by text. With NPU, laptops have become smarter.Intel also reaffirmed its “AI Everywhere” strategy to provide all AI infrastructure within the Intel ecosystem by adding the new CPU, GPU “Gaudi 2” and cloud platform that were unveiled on the same day. The “Intel Developer Cloud,” which remained in the test stage, will also be released to the public. Intel Developer Cloud has the advantage of being able to use Intel’s latest CPUs and GPUs that have not yet been released on the market. Not only can AI research be conducted with the latest equipment, but hardware optimization can be completed first. CEO Gelsinger said, “AI will change and reconstruct the experiences provided by PCs,” adding, “Intel is opening a new era of AI PCs.”
JULIE KIM
US ASIA JOURNAL
