Intel Has a New Way to Bring AI Devices to Market

Intel unveiled "Intel AI: In Production," a new program that makes it easier for developers to bring prototypes of their artificial intelligence devices to market. Since its introduction last July, the Intel Movidius Neural Compute Stick (NCS) reportedly has gained a developer base in the tens of thousands. Once developers have a prototype, the next step is to take it into production, which can be challenging and costly for small companies and entrepreneurs. To make it easier, Intel selected AAEON Technologies, a leading manufacturer of advanced industrial and embedded computing platforms, as the first Intel AI: In Production partner. Through the program, AAEON provides two streamlined production paths for developers integrating the low-power Intel Movidius Myriad 2 Vision Processing Unit (VPU) into their product designs.