Overview
- CEO Lip-Bu Tan announced at the Cisco AI Summit that Intel will develop GPUs, targeting the surge in AI data-center demand.
- Reports note the move enters a market where Nvidia holds a commanding lead in AI-focused accelerators.
- Tan said he has recruited a chief GPU architect, and Eric Demmers, a longtime Qualcomm engineering leader, joined Intel in January.
- Executives described the initiative as early-stage, with product definitions to be shaped by customer requirements.
- Tan said customers are engaging on Intel's 14A node through Intel Foundry and indicated volume manufacturing would likely ramp later this year.