Last July, I took note when Intel released the Neural Compute Stick. It looked like an oversized USB stick, and acted as an accelerator for local AI applications, especially machine vision.

Intel is firing back at Nvidia's growing prominence in artificial intelligence with the launch of its Nervana Neural Network processors for deep learning and the reveal of a new Movidius visual ...

Lenovo isn't the first to come out with this small-form-factor-type of compute stick --- Asus recently unveiled its Asus Google Chromebit dongle, while Intel released its Compute Stick earlier in ...