Intel Snaps Up Nervana to Jump-Start in AI, Deep Learning & Machine Learning

Many of the IT experts suggest that the start-up’s technology will help Intel to catch up in Artificial Intelligence.

Intel has recently acquired California based, deep learning start-up Nervana Systems. The deal is that it helps Intel to make up for the highly competitive ground of Artificial Intelligence. Founded in 2014, Nervana offers a platform for machine learning. It’s optimised from algorithms down to silicon which solves machine learning issues, as mentioned by start-up.

Also of interest to Intel, by using Nervana cloud service to develop software and applications that make use of deep learning. For instance it can be used for tasks like image recognitions and uncovering patterns in huge bunch of data. Additionally, Nervana is also developing a speciality processor, called ASIC which is customised for deep learning.

According to the general manager of Intel’s Data Centre Group, Diane Bryant- Nervana’s IP & expertise to accelerate deep learning algorithms will expand capabilities of Intel in field of Artificial Intelligence.

Diane Bryant further added that they are going to use Nervana’s software expertise to further optimise their Intel Math Kernel Library. She said, the Nervana’s silicon expertise and Engine help Intel to advance its AI portfolio. This enhances their deep learning performance and lower the ownership cost of its Intel Xeon and Xeon Phi processors.

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As the company says, the new Nervana Engine chip will be capable of handling huge bunch of data at such a high speed that their competitors can’t match. The incorporation of new technology known as “high bandwidth memory” combines 32 GB of on-chip data storage, providing memory access with speeds of 8 terabits per second.

According to the market research, this seems that Intel doesn’t have much of machine learning business at present. So acquisition Nervana can surely help Intel to catch-up with the competition in the segment.