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So Intel CPUs will be able to perform 16 operations at a time, when Nvidia can do thousands?


On Knights Landing CPU a single core is be able to perform 2 x 16 operations on single-precision numbers, as a core has two AVX512 execution units. Each core can run 4 thread, and KNL has 64 physical cores.


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This. Also, trying to slow the loss of customers purchasing what are essentially Nvidia GPU-heavy systems with Nvidia CPUs tacked on to act as the controllers.




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