Intel rolls out new AI chip ‘Gaudi 3’ to challenge Nvidia's dominance
Also Read: Tesla CEO Elon Musk predicts AI will surpass human intelligence by 2026 Booming demand for AI services has sent tech companies scrambling for these so-called accelerator chips, but Nvidia has seen most of the benefit. Earlier versions of Gaudi failed to achieve the market share gains that Intel had been hoping for, Chief Executive Officer Pat Gelsinger has said. He expects the new model to have a bigger impact.
Intel shares gained 1.4 per vent to $38.50 as of 11:58 a.m. in New York on Tuesday, reversing an earlier decline. They had been down 24 per cent this year through Monday’s close.
Challenging Nvidia won’t be easy. The runaway success of that company’s H100 accelerator helped more than double revenue and sent its market valuation over $2 trillion. And now Nvidia is looking to build on its lead with a just-announced chip platform called Blackwell.
Systems based on that product will be available later this year, the company said in March. According to Intel’s assessment, Gaudi 3 will be faster and more power-efficient than the H100. It will train certain types of AI models 1.7 times more quickly and be 1.5 times better at running the software, the chipmaker claims.
The product will be roughly equal with Nvidia’s newer H200, Intel said, performing slightly better in some areas and a bit behind in others. Intel, based in Santa Clara, California, said it can’t provide comparisons with Nvidia’s upcoming Blackwell line until those products are publicly available. Intel rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
— its longtime competitor in personal computer processors — also is pushing into the field. It unveiled an accelerator lineup called MI300 in December. Intel’s Gelsinger has said that he’s not just trying to catch
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