Intel and Facebook Team Up to Build an AI Chip -- The Motley Fool

In case you've been living under a rock, artificial intelligence (AI) has become one of the biggest buzz phrases in technology. Unsurprisingly, then, many computer-chip companies have been rushing to build chips that can quickly and efficiently handle artificial-intelligence workloads. One of those companies is chip giant Intel (NASDAQ:INTC). At CES 2019, Intel talked up a new chip that it's building, called the Neural Network Processor for Inference, or NNP-I for short. According to the company, "[This] new class of chip is dedicated to accelerating inference for companies with high workload demands and is expected to go into production this year."