Intel will add deep-learning instructions to its processors
Blogspam, kinda. Post just links to https://software.intel.com/sites/default/files/managed/69/78... 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)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.