Intel announced yesterday that its GPU Falcon Shores for AI and HPC applications will not be launched in the market, but will remain as an internal test processor to develop the hardware and software bases for your successorcalled Jaguar Shores.
This decision makes Intel’s Gaudi 3 processor, which faces limited adoption problems due to software issues, The company’s only viable solution for AI applications in the next two years. At the same time, the company will work on developing rack scale solutions to compete with Nvidia.
The announcement was made during the company’s 2024 results conference conferencing, when CO-CEO Interim, Michelle Johnston Holthaus, stated that “based on industry feedback, we decided to use Falcon Shores as an internal test chip.”
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The company originally expected Falcon Shores to meet AI and HPC markets currently covered by Gaudi processors. However, there is one trimester, Intel’s interim co-CEO told analysts and investors to moderate their expectations, as Falcon Shores would mainly serve as a vehicle to develop a hardware and software ecosystem around its hybrid processors.
After careful consideration, Intel decided not to launch Falcon Shores commercially, but use it exclusively for internal developmentin order to improve hardware and software instead of launching an incomplete product that could undermine the company’s reputation.
Intel described Falcon Shores as Its first multi-choplet design, featuring XE-HPC (or XE3-HPC) GPU chipples for highly parallel AI and HPC workloads and HPC loads.
The product intended to significantly increase Watt’s performance and performance efficiency compared to Intel’s AI and HPC processors, although the company has abstained from providing real numbers.
Falcon Shores
When developing an ecosystem, some not commercially launched processors are still sent to external partners, including independent hardware suppliers (IHVs) and independent software suppliers (ISVS).
For example, Intel’s first Xeon Phi processor was not offered as a fully supported commercial product. However, it was provided in quantities limited to selected developers and research partners to start carrying and optimize code for Intel’s Many Integrated Core (MIC) architecture (MIC)
Later, He becomes the family of commercial products Xeon Phi.
Given that Falcon Shores and its successor, Jaguar Shores, have totally new GPU microarquithetic, Intel would probably send samples of these processors to ISVs to ensure that its software can work efficiently with the hardware.
In addition, as Intel is focusing on rack scale solutions, it would be logical that it also provides samples from Falcon Shores to its IHV partners. However, With Falcon’s new designation as an “internal test chip” only, this strategy seems not to be planned.
Source: Tom’s hardware.
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