On the eve of CES, Intel leaders - Gregory Bryant, senior vice president, Client Computing Group; Navin Shenoy, executive vice president, Data Center Group; and Professor Amnon Shashua,
president and CEO of Mobileye, an Intel company - took to the stage to
showcase the company's commitment to continuously improve the computing
and communications foundation that will advance the way we experience
the world and expand human potential.
The
company made several announcements spanning PCs and new devices to
diverse growth segments including artificial intelligence (AI), 5G and
autonomous driving (AD). And Intel's leaders discussed the innovation
necessary across the data center, cloud, network and edge to enable the
new user experiences and form factors of the future.
Intel
showcased its latest Intel Xeon Scalable products, shipping today
with advanced AI and memory capabilities, and 9th Gen Intel Core
desktop products. It also announced new 10nm products for PCs, servers
and 5G wireless access base stations, the future of new chip designs
based on its 3D packaging technology (Foveros).
Intel
also spotlighted what's possible when technologies work seamlessly
together across the entire spectrum of computing. Comcast and Intel are
working together to bring the connected home to life. New initiatives
with Alibaba demonstrate how Intel AI plans to deliver athlete tracking
technology during the next Olympics. Mobileye and Ordnance Survey will
bring us closer to the realization of smart cities and safer roads.
"Anyone
can claim leadership in an isolated use case, but at Intel our aim is
broader. The next era of computing demands innovation at an entirely
different level - one that encompasses the entire ecosystem and spans
every facet of computing, connectivity and more. We won't settle for
anything less." -Gregory Bryant
THE CHANGING FACE OF COMPUTING
Driving Innovation across the PC Industry: Intel's
Client Computing Group is uniquely positioned to innovate across the
industry because of its broad set of technologies under one roof,
enabling Intel to advance the PC and deliver the foundation for the
data-centric world today.
- New mobile PC platform with "Ice Lake": The
vision for tomorrow's mobile PC platform is firmly aligned with Intel's
upcoming first volume 10nm PC processor, code-named "Ice Lake." Ice
Lake brings a new level of integration with Intel's new Sunny Cove
microarchitecture, instruction sets to accelerate AI usage and a
graphics engine, and Intel Gen11 graphics to improve graphics
performance for richer gaming and content creation experiences. Intel's
OEM partners are expected to have new devices with Ice Lake on shelves
by holiday 2019.
- Project Athena: Intel also announced Project Athena,
an innovation program and new set of industry specifications developed
to help usher in a new class of advanced laptops designed to enable new
experiences and capitalize on next-generation technologies, including 5G
and artificial intelligence. From delivering the first connected PC
with integrated Wi-Fi in the Intel Centrino platform to driving
mainstream adoption of super thin and light designs, touchscreens, and 2
in 1 form factors with Ultrabook, Intel is uniquely positioned to be
the catalyst in delivering the next-gen PC experience. Combining
world-class performance, battery life and connectivity in sleek,
beautiful designs, the first Project Athena devices are expected to be
available in the second half of this year.
- "Lakefield" preview: Intel
is accelerating client innovation by taking new approaches to hybrid
CPU architecture and packaging technologies. At CES 2019, Intel provided
a sneak peek of a new client platform, code-named "Lakefield,"
featuring the first iteration of its Foveros 3D packaging technology.
This hybrid CPU architecture enables combining different pieces of IP
that might have previously been discrete into a single product with a
smaller motherboard footprint, which allows OEMs more flexibility for thin and light form factor design. Lakefield is expected to be in production this year.
- Expanding 9th Gen Intel Core desktop family: Intel introduced new additions to the 9th Gen
Intel Core processors that expand the family for a broader spectrum of
desktop products. These processors deliver world-class performance to
unlock incredible new capabilities and experiences for content creators
and gamers at all levels. The first of the new 9th Gen Intel Core
desktop processors is expected to be available starting this month.
Powering the Data-Centric World across the Cloud, Network and Edge: Intel's
Data Center Group is transforming industries by delivering unparalleled
assets that allow customers to move, store and process massive amounts
of untapped data.
- Advancing AI: Intel
announced the Intel Nervana Neural Network Processor for Inference,
or NNP-I. This new class of chip is dedicated to accelerating inference
for companies with high workload demands and is expected to go into
production this year. Facebook* is also one of Intel's development
partners on the NNP-I. Additionally, Intel is expected to have a Neural
Network Processor for Training, code-named "Spring Crest," available
later this year.
- 10nm server processor preview: Intel
demonstrated its future Intel Xeon Scalable processor based on 10nm,
code-named "Ice Lake." Compatible with the upcoming 14nm Cooper Lake,
Ice Lake processors targeting server are expected to deliver
performance improvements, new hardware-enhanced security features and
more, with shipments targeted for 2020.
- Expanding 5G with 10nm SoCs: Intel
disclosed it is expanding its decadelong investment in network
infrastructure with new 10nm-based network system on chip (SoC),
code-named "Snow Ridge," that has been developed specifically for 5G
wireless access and edge computing. This network SoC is intended to
bring Intel architecture into wireless access base stations and allow
more computing functions to be distributed out at the edge of the
network. Snow Ridge is expected to be available in the second half of
this year.
- Shipping next-generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors: Intel
announced it has started revenue shipments of its next-generation Intel
Xeon Scalable processors, code-named "Cascade Lake." Cascade Lake
introduces support for Intel Optane DC persistent memory and Intel DL
Boost, which is designed to accelerate AI deep learning inference.
Cascade Lake is expected to be broadly available in the first half of
this year.
"The
product, innovation and partnership announcements we're making today
highlight that Intel's strategy is working. We are making excellent
progress in pursuing a massive $300 billion data-driven market
opportunity spanning the most important workloads - such as AI, 5G and
autonomous driving. And on a scale unmatched by others." -Navin Shenoy
ENGINEERING FOR HUMAN EXPERIENCE
Intel
also spotlighted what's possible when technologies work seamlessly
together across the entire spectrum of computing - from device to cloud
and across the network to the edge to deliver new, immersive
experiences.
- Expanding the impact of automotive data: Mobileye announced an
agreement with U.K. mapping agency Ordnance Survey to bring
high-precision location data to improve operations between businesses
and cities and bring us closer to the realization of smart cities and
safer roads. Ordnance Survey's world-leading geospatial and technology
expertise will be paired with Mobileye's automotive camera-based mapping
capabilities to offer a new, highly accurate and customizable location
information service to Ordnance Survey customers across energy,
infrastructure and other sectors. The new service will also support 5G,
intelligent mobility and additional digital services, enabling a fully
connected, digital Britain.
- Going for gold with AI: Intel and Alibaba announced
a partnership to develop the first-ever AI-powered 3D athlete tracking
technology. The technology utilizes existing and upcoming Intel hardware
and the Alibaba cloud to power a computing-intensive, cutting-edge deep
learning application. The combination of computer vision with AI deep
learning algorithms will enable the team to extract 3D forms of the
athletes in training and competition from multiple standard video
cameras without the use of special sensors or suits. Intel and Alibaba,
together with partners, aim to deliver this state-of-the-art tracking
technology for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
- Redefining home connectivity: Intel and Comcast are
laying the foundation to deliver new immersive experiences in the home.
It is estimated that each person in North America will have 13 or more
connected devices by 2022,
and demands are increasing for high-resolution content streaming,
gaming and more. The collaboration between Intel and Comcast will
deliver faster speeds, more capacity and responsive networks that will
bring new immersive experiences to millions of people, including during
the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. For the next wave of gigabit and beyond
broadband, Intel is working with cable industry leaders on a global
standard for 10 Gigabit technology and is starting to test this in lab
settings. Next up, Comcast and Intel are also working together to
develop Wi-Fi 6-enabled technologies.
From
next-generation communications to a new era of computing, Intel
technology is the foundation for the world's most important innovations
and advances.