Intel, Google Expand AI Chip Collaboration

By Nicholas G. Miller

Intel and Google are expanding a chip collaboration focused on central processing units and infrastructure processing units.

The companies are expanding their co-development of custom infrastructure processing units, which "offload networking, storage and security functions from host CPUs--improving utilization, increasing efficiency and enabling more predictable performance across hyperscale AI environments," Intel said.

Google Cloud also continues to use Intel's Xeon CPUs, supporting workloads from large-scale AI training coordination to general-purpose computing.

"As AI adoption accelerates, infrastructure is becoming more complex and heterogeneous, driving increased reliance on CPUs for orchestration, data processing and system-level performance," Intel said.

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