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Intel CEO laments Nvidia's 'extraordinarily lucky' AI dominance, claims it coulda-woulda-shoulda have been Intel

Dec 20, 2023 - pcgamer.com
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has criticized Nvidia's success in providing GPUs for AI modelling, attributing it to luck rather than strategic planning. Gelsinger argued that Nvidia's CEO, Jensen Huang, was simply in the right place at the right time, and that AI was not part of Nvidia's original plan for general purpose computing on GPUs. He also claimed that Intel could have been a leader in AI hardware if it had not cancelled the Larrabee project, a GPU initiative intended to compete with Nvidia, shortly after he left the company 13 years ago.

Gelsinger's comments have sparked debate, with some agreeing that Nvidia did not foresee the AI revolution when it first began promoting GPGPU. However, others argue that Nvidia's hard work and commitment to developing CUDA and Nvidia GPUs have made them a powerful force in the industry today. The success of Intel under Gelsinger's leadership in the coming years will be closely watched.

Key takeaways:

  • Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has dismissed Nvidia's success in providing GPUs for AI modelling as "extraordinarily lucky."
  • Gelsinger implied that Intel could have been the leader in AI hardware if it hadn't cancelled the Larrabee project, a GPU project intended to compete with Nvidia, nearly 15 years ago.
  • Gelsinger also pointed out that AI was not part of Nvidia's original plan for general purpose computing on GPUs, and that the company didn't initially support their first AI project.
  • Despite Gelsinger's comments, Nvidia has been instrumental in pushing GPGPU forward and developing CUDA and Nvidia GPUs into a powerful force in the industry.
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