Centaur announces octa-core x86 plus Ncore AI server processor

[HEXUS]

SoC design boasts AVX512 support plus an integrated 20TOPS AI coprocessor.

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[darcotech]

So basically for spying devices (face recognition)

[kalniel]

So basically for spying devices (face recognition)

What makes you say that?

[darcotech]

So basically for spying devices (face recognition)

What makes you say that?

When a manufacturer of an SOC puts in front how it is really good in image processing thanks to its AI co-processor?

[kalniel]

When a manufacturer of an SOC puts in front how it is really good in image processing thanks to its AI co-processor?

Anyone involved in machine learning does the same - image processing is probably the most impactful use of ML, for eg. classifying tumour vs healthy tissue samples, or processing radio-images.

[theleader]

I think Microprocessors need a kick up the design backside as adding a few more herts or more cache is becoming slightly boring just to obtain a small percentage gain in IPC (Instructions per clock cycle). So AI copro sounds interesting!