
“Foundational models aren’t everything in AI,” Intel executive says
The Hindu
Intel VP and CTO of APAC Alexis Crowell spoke to us about Intel’s India plans and what are the developments in AI hardware it is bringing.
Intel has been making chipsets in the Asia Pacific region for over five decades. Recently, India has gained prominence due to its demographic advantage. Apart from local consumption, Intel relies heavily on Indian engineers for developing AI-related hardware and software. (Besides Israel, India is a central hub for building Intel’s Gaudi deep learning training processors meant for AI applications)
At Intel’s ConnectiON 2023 event, held in Bengaluru, Alexis Crowell, Intel’s VP and CTO for the APAC region, shared with The Hindu the chipmaker’s plans for the region
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On December 23, the newly elected office bearers of the Anna Nagar Towers Club, led by its president ‘Purasai’ B. Ranganathan, who is a former MLA, met with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin and conveyed their greetings. According to a press release, besides, ‘Purasai’ B. Ranganathan, the Anna Nagar Towers Club delegation that met Stalin at Anna Arivalayam, the DMK Party headquarters, included vice-president R. Sivakumar, secretary R. Muralibabu, joint secretary D. Manojkumar, treasurer K. Jayachandran and executive committee members N. D. Avinash, K. Kumar, N. R. Madhurakavi, K. Mohan, U. Niranjan, S. Parthasarathi, K. Rajasekar, S. Rajasekar, M. S. Ramesh, R. Satheesh, N. C. Venkatesan and K. Yuvaraj. Karthik Mohan, deputy secretary of DMK’s Information Technology Wing, was present on the occasion.












