Many years ago I met Naveen Rao and tried to demo the Nervana-derived Intel card, which at the time Facebook and a couple others were sampling. During more for

Many years ago I met Naveen Rao and tried to demo the Nervana-derived Intel card, which at the time Facebook and a couple others were sampling. During more formal talks, Intel sent him literally surrounded by a Xeon sales team that sidetracked the whole meeting. When these Intel GPUs are “in the wild” it actually means Xeon salespeople are out on the hunt.