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Intel will create a rugged version of its Meteor Lake chip for potential use in billions of IoT devices next year following the deployment in December of Meteor Lake for PCs, Fierce Electronics has learned.

On Tuesday, CEO Pat Gelsinger announced Intel Core Ultra, the product name for Meteor Lake, for PCs at Intel Innovation. It ships Dec. 14 and will appear in an Acer Swift laptop.

Core Ultra adds a neural processing unit (NPU) to a GPU and CPU for its AI capabilities.

In an interview with FE at Intel Innovation on Wednesday, Sachin Katti, senior vice president and general manager of Intel’s network and edge group, confirmed Intel will expand Meteor Lake far beyond the PC to edge devices next year.

“We will take that chip for use in edge devices, things like Nook and mini computers,” Katti said. “They have the same AI needs.” Asked when it will happen, he answered, “next year.”

Analyst Jack Gold of J. Gold Associates said Meteor Lake's use in the IoC space will open new opportunities for businesses. "Meteor Lake has a lot of the capabilities necessary to power an Edge solution... Think of a small NUC-like device that sits in a retail store, or runs a machine tool, etc. They will need to run some AI workloads going forward like image recognition or customer service, so with its NPU, Meteor Lake (Core Ultra) is a good fit.

"And since it is an SoC built on Foveros that includes chiplets, Intel will be able to add custom-to-purpose chiplets to an SoC as required."

https://www.fierceelectronics.com/iot-wireless/intel-expand-ai-meteor-lake-chip-edge-beyond-ai-pc