That was fast.
Hot on the heels of yesterday's statement that Raja has left AMD comes news from Intel that Raja volition last the primary architect in addition to senior VP of Intel's newly formed Core in addition to Visual Computing Group. It's an interesting move, equally Intel hasn't traditionally had much of a presence inwards the high-end graphics market, simply amongst GPUs extending into other areas similar AI in addition to compute, Raja's novel business office at Intel sounds a lot similar his old business office equally caput of AMD's Radeon Technologies Group.
The statement says Raja "will expand Intel's leading seat inwards integrated graphics for the PC marketplace amongst high-end discrete graphics solutions for a wide gain of computing segments." We haven't seen a proper discrete graphics solution out of Intel since the old i740 graphics solution, which was an AGP bill of fare agency dorsum inwards 1998. Considering around all of Intel's mainstream processors include about shape of integrated graphics, it would last awesome to come across Intel pose additional resources into competing amongst Nvidia in addition to AMD GPUs.
Intel hasn't been completely absent from GPU-like products, equally inwards improver to its integrated graphics solution Intel has the x86-derived Xeon Phi products (ie, Knights Corner, Knights Landing, Knights Hill in addition to Mill). Those compete inwards the high-end AI in addition to compute markets equally straight competitors to Nvidia's Tesla line, in addition to the Xeon Phi is industrial plant life inwards about of the fastest installations inwards the the world (eg, China's Tianhe-2 in addition to the US's Cori in addition to Oakforest supercomputers). Intel equally good has a new Nervana Neural Network Processor (NNP) that mightiness cease upwards nether Raja's oversight, non to advert the Intel licensing of AMD graphics technology for a soon-to-be-released eighth Gen Core processor.
The statement goes on to say, "We convey exciting plans to aggressively expand our computing in addition to graphics capabilities in addition to ready on our really potent in addition to wide differentiated IP foundation. With Raja at the helm of our Core in addition to Visual Computing Group, nosotros volition add together to our portfolio of unmatched capabilities, advance our strategy to Pb inwards computing in addition to graphics, in addition to ultimately last the driving forcefulness of the information revolution."
As for Raja, he says, "I convey admired Intel equally a applied scientific discipline leader in addition to convey had fruitful collaborations amongst the fellowship over the years. I am incredibly excited to bring together the Intel squad in addition to convey the chance to make a unified architecture vision across its world-leading IP portfolio that help's accelerate the information revolution."
So much for the sabbatical, rest, in addition to relaxation. Raja volition stay a busy man. He'll kickoff run at Intel inwards December.
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