Nvidia may have AI dominance threatened by Intel, Google and more companies

The group of companies called The Unified Acceleration Foundation (UXL) aims to dethrone Nvidia as the leader in the artificial intelligence (AI) market. A coalition of Intel, Google, Arm, Qualcomm, Samsung and other companies It develops an open-source software package to serve as an alternative to the GPU manufacturer’s platform for developers of AI tools.

toolkit It will serve to power a variety of chips aimed at processing AIInterviewed executives said: Reuters. The open source platform wants to allow code to be compatible with any machine, regardless of the hardware on it.

According to Reuters, UXL group’s plan is to meet the most pressing computing demandsLike AI applications and high-performance applications.

Nvidia has always been a major supplier of high-performance computing hardware, but after the popularization of artificial intelligence, the market has started to take on an even more important shape. Technology has increased the market value of the manufacturer, reaching US$ 2 trillion in February and is expected to rise further.

But Nvidia’s chips prevent competition from other manufacturers by locking developers into the company’s ecosystem.

The aim of UXL is not to dethrone Nvidia in particular, but to open more space for alternative solutions. Eventually, the open source platform will also be compatible with the GPU manufacturer’s hardware and code.

No release date

The UXL group states that the vehicle continues to be developed and should reach “maturation” in the second half of this year, but No planned release date. In any case, the fruits of this coalition will be seen in just a few years and could affect Nvidia’s calculations.

The group is currently planning to add more members, including Microsoft and Amazon, to ensure compatibility with more platforms.