Today, Intel announced that it will further advance its AI PC acceleration program by offering a variety of new toolkits and development kits designed for software and hardware AI developers under a new AI PC Developer Program sub-program. The AI PC Acceleration Program was originally launched on October 23 to connect hardware suppliers and software developers, leveraging Intel’s extensive resources and experience to develop a broader ecosystem in an era where the world is turning to be driven by artificial intelligence development.
Intel aims to enable artificial intelligence in 100 million Intel-powered AI PCs by 2025, thereby maximizing the potential of AI applications and software and expanding the entire AI-centric PC ecosystem. The AI PC Developer Program is designed to simplify the adoption of new AI technologies and larger-scale frameworks. It provides access to a variety of tools, workflows, AI deployment frameworks and developer kits, enabling developers to take advantage of the latest NPUs in Intel’s Meteor Lake Core Ultra series of processors.
It also provides centralized resources such as toolkits, documentation, and training to enable developers to get the most out of their software and hardware and technologies related to Meteor Lake (and others) to enhance the performance of artificial intelligence and machine learning applications. Such toolkits are already widely used by developers, including Intel’s open source OpenVino.
Additionally, this centralized resource platform aims to streamline the AI development process, allowing developers to integrate AI capabilities into their applications more efficiently and effectively. It aims to play a vital role in Intel’s strategy to not only advance AI technology but also make it more user-friendly and adaptable to a variety of real-world applications.
It’s worth noting that this is both a software and hardware game. Not only is Intel looking to attract more software developers to leverage its AI resources, it’s also looking to get independent hardware vendors (IHVs) on board. OEMs and system assemblers largely already meet Microsoft Windows certification requirements, but Intel wants to involve various component suppliers. How to use artificial intelligence to improve audio performance? Display performance? Storage performance? This is the answer Intel wants to find out.
“By working with the ecosystem, our AI PC acceleration program has made great progress.Today, with the addition of the AI PC Developer Program, we’re expanding our reach beyond large ISVs and reaching small and mid-sized players and aspiring developerssaid Carla Rodriguez, Vice President and General Manager, Client Software Ecosystem Support.Our goal is to drive frictionless experiences by providing a broad range of tools, including a new AI-ready development kit,“
The Intel AI PC Acceleration Program provides 24/7 access to resources and early reference hardware so ISVs and software developers can create and optimize workloads before launching retail components.Developers can join the AI PC Acceleration Program through its official webpage or email AIPCIHV@intel.com for more information