They probably weren’t inspired by [Jeff Dunham’s] jalapeno on a stick, but Intel have created the Movidius neural compute stick [movidius.com] which is in effect a neural network in a USB stick form factor. [hackaday.com] They don’t rely on the cloud, they require no fan, and you can get one for well under $100.
SiliconAngle has more: [siliconangle.com]
What distinguishes AI systems on a chip from traditional mobile processors is that they come with specialized neural-network processors, such as graphics processing units or GPUs, tensor processing units or TPUs, and field programming gate arrays or FPGAs. These AI-optimized chips offload neural-network processing from the device’s central processing unit chip, enabling more local autonomous AI processing
Computing has been progressing at at such a steady and predictable state that this site that denizens of this site are more concerned with the sociopolitical situation. Are we about to see another computing revolution and what will the technological and sociopolitical landscape look like after this?