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07:31PM EST – And the 3rd gen Xeon, due this year, will provide even more performance
07:31PM EST – The 2nd gen Xeon scalable is the fastest ramping Xeon in Intel’s history
07:30PM EST – Recapping Intel Deep Learning Boost
07:30PM EST – “More AI technology runs on Xeon than any other platform”
07:30PM EST – Meanwhile Intel has also acquired Habana, and will be usiong their tech in new ways as well
07:29PM EST – The Nervana NNP-I inference accelerator is launching this year
07:28PM EST – Moving on to Intel’s neural network processing hardware
07:28PM EST – Intel and Netflix have SVT-AV1 ready for commercial deployment. Meaning AV1 streaming to customers is going to happen this year
07:26PM EST – Better codecs lead to better image quality at lower bitrates, improving the user experience
07:24PM EST – Both Netflix and Intel have been big supporters of the work-in-progress AV1 codec
07:24PM EST – Joining Navin on stage: Anne Aaron, Netflix’s Director of Encoding Technologies
07:24PM EST – Navin thinks video will be the killer app for years to come
07:23PM EST – One only has to look as far as streaming, and what it did to both video rentals and internet traffic as a whole
07:22PM EST – Discussing the “data economy” and how it’s transforming businesses
07:21PM EST – Now on stage: Navin Shenoy, EVP and GM of the Data Platforms Group
07:20PM EST – AI can do it in the fraction of a time as a human identifying and marking roads and bridges
07:19PM EST – Rolling a video about working with the Red Cross to help digitize maps, based off satellite images
07:17PM EST – Next example: applying intelligence in disaster relief
07:16PM EST – Playing a video showing a MobilEye car in action in Jerusalem (a very tricky place to drive)
07:14PM EST – Recapping Intel’s MobilEye acquisition
07:14PM EST – Now on to transportation, and how computing can improve it
07:13PM EST – Intel is investing in all 3 of these pillars to get there
07:12PM EST – “How do we embed intellience into everything we make?”
07:12PM EST – These are not independent developments; each drives the other two
07:11PM EST – To get there, we’ll need 5G networks, AI, and intelligent edge devices
07:10PM EST – So systems are needed to process data, store that data, and move it around to other places
07:10PM EST – And pretty much all of this data needs to be processed in some way to be useful
07:08PM EST – And with the growth of devices is growth in the amount of data produced. An exponential growth
07:07PM EST – This is expected to reach 56B in 2025
07:06PM EST – “In 2019 there were 38B devices connected to the network”
07:05PM EST – “Innovation through intelligence” and how Intel and its ecosystem partners can make this happen
07:04PM EST – Now on stage: CEO Bob Swan
07:03PM EST – Focusing on “digital intelligence”
07:03PM EST – As is usually the case, Intel is starting things off by rolling a video
07:02PM EST – Alright, here we go!
07:02PM EST – And Tiger Lake farther down the line
07:01PM EST – 45W Comet Lake-H CPUs to bring more power to larger, desktop replacement laptops
07:01PM EST – As for Intel, they have already shown at least part of their hand for 2020, with last night’s embargoed news: https://www.anandtech.com/show/15313/intel-at-ces-2020-45w-10th-gen-mobile-cpus-soon-tiger-lake-with-xe-graphics-later
07:00PM EST – These don’t carry quite the same prestige as the “prime” keynote. But they’re also mercifully shorter: most of them are just 45 minutes
06:59PM EST – In its place are a number of official, corporate keynotes
06:59PM EST – The “prime” keynote, which Intel has delivered before, is gone
06:58PM EST – As we wait for the keynote to start, it’s interesting to note how much CES keynotes have changed in the last few years
06:51PM EST – However there is no escaping the big question that Intel must face: how do you keep products fresh and competitive when the company’s 10nm fab plans have gone well off course?
06:51PM EST – Intel always makes their CES presentations exciting affairs, and we’re expecting much the same this year.
06:51PM EST – We’re here at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center for Intel’s CES 2020 keynote
