Author: Loïc Houssier, Eira May, Ben Matthews

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Ryan and Ben chat with Raymond Lo, AI software evangelist at Intel, about the AI PC, the software that powers AI breakthroughs, and optimizing hardware and software in unison to improve generative AI performance. Bonus: what’s the difference between a GPU optimized for graphics and a VPU or NPU optimized for AI?

 

Episode notes

 

If you’re interested in trying any of the demos that Raymond talked about, check out Intel’s OpenVINO notebooks.

 

Learn more about Intel’s Edge AI resources here.

 

Raymond previously wrote about enhancing image and video resolution using OpenVINO.

 

You can reach out to Raymond Lo on LinkedIn.

 

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