Intel‘s AI Ambitions: HPC / AI-GPU Falcon Shores not coming to market 28 comments
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Intel is toying with the marketing of Falcon Shores and is now fully examining the upcoming Jaguar Shores product. Officially, the portfolio is said to be tight. But with HPC accelerators (for AI), this means the second cancellation in a short time. And so the question arises: do Jaguar shores really come?
Two years ago at ISC, when Intel sawed off Rialto Bridge and Falcon Shores had positioned it much better anyway, TechAstuce asked the provocative question of how much faith can now receive this new roadmap. There were some bad looks for that.
Today it turns out: although the roadmap presented a realistic view of the future at the time, it did not manifest itself: Falcon Shores is a product on the market. Officially, it is said again that the roadmap should be simplified.
Learned a lot, but not sold
Intel emphasizes that Falcon Shores, like Rialto Bridge, has not been sawed before, but the chip is not commercialized – therefore it is not sold. The company wants to learn from this internally but always something for the future. Intel’s Product CEO and currently Inter-Co-CEO Johnston Holthaus explains this as follows:
Our AI opportunity is focused on solving our customers’ most pressing challenges, particularly reducing compute costs and increasing efficiency. A one-size-fits-all approach will not be enough. Instead, we see clear opportunities to leverage our core and existing assets in new ways with the goal of delivering the most compelling total cost of ownership across this continuum.
After customer feedback and market dynamics, we plan to leverage Falcon Shores as an internal test chip and instead focus resources on bringing Jaguar Shores to market. As the foundation of Jaguar Ribs, Falcon Shores remains essential to our important work and its learnings will feed directly into Jaguar Ribs.
Michelle Johnston Holthaus, Interim Co-Head of Intel and CEO of Intel Products
Ultimately, Falcon Shores was no longer the product that was originally intended. Finally, it should only be a GPU. However, since Intel is located directly in the shark pool with Nvidia, you obviously didn’t see any chance. Intel now displays the next solution alongside Jaguar. Intel first named him last fall, where Falcon Shores results are expected to circulate.
Jaguar Shores in Intel’s roadmap (image: hpcwire)
But after two bankruptcies, the company also has a credibility problem. No wonder that after the last two products which were present on roadmaps and which were also officially discussed, and Ponte Vecchio, Inglorious, did not appear. Intel needs to persuade and reproduce – preferably with products.
Topics: Intel Graphics Cards Intel Intel Falcon Shores Supercalputer Economics Source: Intel
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