Intel sinks $2bn on Israeli deep learning firm to boost cloud and edge AI portfolio
Intel has acquired Habana Labs, an Israel-based developer of programmable deep learning accelerators for data centres, for around $2 billion. The purchase will spur Intel’s efforts to bring increasingly advanced artificial intelligence (AI) to cloud and edge based silicon, notably for enterprise and industrial networks. Intel reckons the “nascent, fast-growing” AI silicon market will be…