Intel bets the next phase of AI belongs to the rightsized system, not the biggest one

For three years, artificial intelligence infrastructure has been dominated by one idea: Bigger is better. Bigger models, bigger clusters, and bigger checks written to a small group of suppliers. At this week’s Open Compute Project Global Summit, Intel Corp. argued that the next phase of AI will look very different and that Intel is well-positioned to benefit.

During his keynote, Nicolas Dubé (pictured), corporate vice president at Intel, framed his OCP keynote around a simple phrase: “Put every prompt in…