Even though artificial intelligence seeks to offer a technological and societal transformation, the journey from idea to implementation is at times a daunting task, creating a strong case for AI accelerators. 

To power AI solutions, Intel Corp. integrates AI accelerators into Xeon 5 and 6 scalable processors, with Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. acting as a major catalyst in this objective, according to Greg Ernst (pictured), corporate vice president of sales and marketing and general manager of Americas sales at Intel. 

Intel’s Greg Ernst talks to theCUBE about the importance of AI accelerators.

“We announced Xeon 5 just six months ago,” Ernst said. “We’re in high production, we’re shipping millions of units, and then at Computex two weeks ago, we announced Xeon 6, which is that next generation. Both families integrate advanced matrix software into it. It’s an AI accelerator built into Xeon. Great partners like HPE are keeping pace with us and rolling out, like in the case of HPE, their HPE ProLiant DL380 will support both families.”

Ernst spoke with theCUBE Research’s Dave Vellante and Rebecca Knight at HPE Discover, during an exclusive broadcast on theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio. They discussed how Intel is accelerating the AI wave through AI accelerators. (* Disclosure below.)

Intel boosts AI advantage with simplified AI accelerators

Since companies that embrace AI are pulling ahead, Intel simplifies this journey through AI accelerators. Intel also intends to enable enterprises to have a competitive advantage through an AI continuum, Ernst pointed out. 

“What we’ve done is make implementing AI into the enterprise workflows easier,” he noted. “That’s what we wake up every day doing. How do we work with standard bodies? How do we work with the OEMs and what ecosystems do we create? At Intel, we believe in this AI continuum where for every persona type and every vertical, there’ll be dedicated AI workflows.”

As AI use cases continue gaining steam in companies, providing the much-needed technology to power the AI revolution is of the essence. As a result, Intel enhances the AI wave through its processors, according to Ernst. 

“We always challenge ourselves to do more, but one of the things that we recognized is one of the great things that the industry has created is this x86 software instruction set,” he stated. “That allows developers to write, whether it’s for PC, CPUs, edge, data center, really leveraged that x86 architecture. What we recognized as a company several years ago is we’re going to build on top of that with AI accelerators into each one of our product lines.”

Here’s the complete video interview, part of SiliconANGLE’s and theCUBE Research’s coverage of HPE Discover: 

(* Disclosure: TheCUBE is a paid media partner for HPE Discover. Neither Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. and Intel Corp., the primary sponsors of theCUBE’s event coverage, nor other sponsors have editorial control over content on theCUBE or SiliconANGLE.)

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