It's hard to imagine that they would keep both product lines alive,' one analyst says of how Intel's Habana Labs acquisition could impact its Nervana AI chip plans, though not everyone agrees.

With this next phase of AI, we're reaching a breaking point in terms of computational hardware and memory,' Intel exec Naveen Rao says of the chipmaker's new Nervana and Movidius chips.

Swan’s predecessor, Brian Krzanich, oversaw strategic acquisitions that were aimed at boosting Intel’s AI muscle. The acquisition of Nervana Systems was supposed to respond to Google’s AI ...