Myriad X: Evolving low power VPUs for Deep Neural Networks - Intel AI

Flexible SHAVE Processors: the raw performance of Myriad's SHAVE processors achieve the hundreds of GFLOPS compliments the neural compute engine's hardware fixed-function acceleration. As deep neural network layer types and topologies evolve, the programmability of the SHAVE cores provide the balance between efficiency and future proofing. Massively parallel central memory: deep neural networks create large volumes of intermediate data. Keeping all of this on chip enables our customers to vastly reduce the bandwidth that would otherwise create performance bottlenecks. Myriad X features a proprietary on-chip memory design that minimizes the cost of moving intermediate data – a crucial performance requirement as we see data transfer costs beginning to outstrip data compute costs from an energy perspective.