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Looks like Intel realized they can't leave the GPU AI market to nVidia and to finance their own AI GPUs they need to sell a ton of GPUs to gamers first.
by borissk 3y ago
Looks like Intel realized they can't leave the GPU AI market to nVidia and to finance their own AI GPUs they need to sell a ton of GPUs to gamers first.
- bigdict 3y agoSame move as Tesla.
- wlesieutre 3y agoOpposite move as Tesla, they started on the expensive end to finance scaling up the cheaper ones. Meanwhile Intel is going after the cheap ones to try and get a budget to tackle the more difficult AI/ML GPU market.
- jerome-jh 3y agoStarting with low-end is also a way to use aging factories.
- wlesieutre 3y agoYeah it makes sense for their respective industries. There’s no dramatic manufacturing breakthroughs between a Model 3 and a Model S, just features and material quality, with the S having lower quantities at a higher profit margin. Going back further there’s the Roadster, and it’s a good thing that was a niche vehicle because they hadn’t settled on the Supercharger design yet.
- HeWhoLurksLate 3y agodefinitely agree also, since this is a relatively recent development for Intel they also have to get their drivers & stack competitive, and there's clearly no better way to do that than by getting telemetry on exactly what ways your products are lacking and crashing things edit to add: I think there's also a really good chance that this winds up like the first generation of Ryzen systems did- not the most competitive, but quite cheap and with a few interesting features to get enough people over, and then eventually the future generations go on to go head-to-head with offerings from other companies. I would be more surprised by the complete failure and disappearance of ARC in five years than by it duking it out in the datacenter and gaming markets even at the high end.