Movidius, what does it actually do?

[IronWing]

I read the AnandTech article on the roll out of this thing and I can't figure out what it does. Is it like a modern day math co-processor with a USB interface? Does it do anything practical or is it for people who just want to play with inferencing?

http://www.anandtech.com/show/11649/intel-launches-movidius-neural-compute-stick

 

[corkyg]

This gives a decent explanation of what it is and what it does.

https://developer.movidius.com/

Since it works via USB, I suppose it is a peripheral device.

 

[IronWing]

Thanks Corky, feel free to move the thread somewhere else if deemed appropriate.