Intel has unveiled two new processors as part of its Nervana Neural Network Processor (NNP) lineup with an aim to accelerate training and inferences drawn from artificial intelligence (AI) models. Dubbed Spring Crest and Spring Hill, the company showcased the AI-focused chips for the first time on Tuesday at the Hot Chips Conference in Palo Alto, California, an annual tech symposium held every August. Intel’s NNP lineup is named after Nervana Systems, the company it acquired in 2016, and were designed at its Haifa facility in Israel. The chips allow for training AI and inferring from data to gain valuable insights. “In an AI empowered world, we will need…

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