Intel will add deep-learning instructions to its processors
Blogspam, kinda. Post just links to <a href="https://software.intel.com/sites/default/files/managed/69/78/319433-025.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://software.intel.com/sites/default/files/managed/69/78...</a> and says it mentions two new instructions:  AVX512_4VNNIW (Vector instructions for deep learning enhanced word variable precision) and AVX512_4FMAPS (Vector instructions for deep learning floating-point single precision)<p>On Intel's part, it seems kinda... late? It's like adding Bitcoin instructions when you already know everyone's racing to make Bitcoin ASICs. How could it beat dedicated hardware, or even GPUs, on ops/watt? Maybe it's intended for inference, not training, but that doesn't sound compelling either.