Intel Arrow Lake-S: Unleashing High Performance AI and Crypto Capabilities

2023-07-03 22:25:49
Intel Arrow Lake-S Appears in Instruction Set Reference Guide Intel just updated its “Architecture Instruction Set Extensions and Future Features” last month, confirming which instructions will be supported in the upcoming processors. The guide confirms that both series support a variety of instructions, including AVX-VNNI-INT16, SHA512, SM3, and SM4, which focuses on AI workloads and hash functions. The arrival of AVX-VNNI on Arrow Lake and Lunar Lake CPUs is especially noteworthy. This instruction set extension improves performance for neural network inference workloads by providing specialized functionality for 8-bit and 16-bit integer arithmetic. In short, applications that use artificial intelligence, machine learning, and deep learning algorithms can expect improvements in processing speed and efficiency. The Arrow/Lunar Lake family also supports Intel Linear Address Masking (LAM) instructions alongside Sierra Forest and Grand Ridge. This allows software to use the untranslated address bits of a 64-bit linear address for metadata. Conveniently, Intel has highlighted the changes in purple to make the document easier to read: *Click image to open in new window/tab. Additionally, support for SHA512, SM3, and SM4 instructions on these new CPU series means Intel will improve the security and cryptographic capabilities of its next-generation client CPU series. The inclusion of SHA512, a widely used cryptographic hash function, strengthens data integrity and enables secure data transfer. Additionally, this document describes support for the SM3 and SM4 cryptographic hash algorithms used in communications. Users can also find new hints for the upcoming Raptor Lake Refresh series. The company has strongly backed its plans to add new CPUIDs to future Raptor Lake series and refresh the architecture for desktops and high-end notebooks. The Refresh is currently said to be part of the 14th Generation Core series rollout that will be offered alongside the Meteor Lake series. * Click the image to open in another window/tab. Source: Videocardz.com – Intel confirms Arrow Lake-S & Lunar Lake CPUs will support instructions for AVX-VNNI, SHA512, SM3, SM4 and LAM Explanation: Arrow Lake, Lunar Lake adds crypto-related and AI/ML-related instructions It seems to be done. I thought, “Will Intel add its own instructions once more?”, but it seems that the circumstances are a little different this time. Aside from encryption-related issues, GPUs are at the core, but now all PC parts are being optimized for AI/ML-related issues at a tremendous pace. Although only the GPU performance is spotlighted, Phoenix also has an AI-related circuit called AIE. I can’t even imagine what the world would be like if we might unify the execution environment using CPUs and GPUs, or if AI hardware accelerators for CPUs and GPUs might operate in a mutually complementary manner at the same time. It would be easier and more convenient.
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