Lenovo, Intel announce multi-year collaboration on AI, computing

Intel and Lenovo on Monday announced a multi-year collaboration to accelerate convergence of high-performance computing (HPC) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to solve world’s most challenging problems.

Lenovo, the leading global system provider of “TOP500” supercomputers, would optimize Intel’s full portfolio of HPC and AI hardware and software solutions to serve as the foundation for its market strategy.

“Our goal is to further accelerate innovation into the ‘Exascale’ era, aggressively waterfalling these solutions to scientists and businesses of all sizes to speed discovery and outcomes,” Kirk Skaugen, executive vice president of Lenovo and president of Lenovo Data Center Group, said in a statement.