intel dangle machine learning chip
Intel Dangles Machine Learning Chips on the Edge
Last year, Intel embedded its line of Myriad 2 chips into a USB stick that developers could plug into development boards or personal computers to experiment with artificial intelligence. The custom chips can accelerate neural networks used in image recognition and other tricky tasks that computers can be trained to tackle. On Tuesday, the company introduced a program to make it easier for developers to turn prototypes built with the Neural Compute Stick into security cameras, industrial sensors, and other production devices. Intel is partnering with Aaeon to offer a board called the A.I. Core, which serves as a sort of production version of the dongle. The A.I. Core board contains the same Myriad vision processing unit as the stick, allowing small companies and entrepreneurs to move to the production board without changing code.