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Intel Core, Xeon, and Arc GPUs Transform LG Innotek’s Manufacturing
In Gumi, South Korea, LG Innotek is turning its factories into next-generation AI-powered smart factories with the help of Intel Core™ processors, Intel Xeon® processors, and Intel Arc™ GPUs. The partnership aims to boost production accuracy, reduce defects, and improve cost efficiency in the highly competitive precision component manufacturing industry.
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The move represents a major step forward in the adoption of AI vision inspection systems, allowing LG Innotek to automate quality checks across its entire production process.
Precision Manufacturing Meets AI Innovation
LG Innotek is known worldwide for producing vital electronic components, including parts for smartphones, car displays, and other smart devices. In this industry, success relies on being able to replicate components millions of times with near-zero defects.
Traditionally, LG Innotek relied on rule-based inspection and deep-learning systems at specific points in its production line. However, the company’s new collaboration with Intel aims to take it further — building a fully automated AI-backed inspection system that ensures accuracy without sacrificing performance.
How the Intel-Powered AI System Works
The joint solution from Intel and LG Innotek combines CPU and GPU orchestration to handle different levels of AI workloads:
- Intel Core CPUs with built-in GPUs manage real-time defect data cost-effectively.
- Intel Arc discrete GPUs handle heavier tasks such as running multiple algorithms on high-resolution images.
- Intel Xeon processors are used for pre-training and retraining deep-learning models to keep inspection systems up to date as raw materials or processes change.
- Future plans include integrating Intel Gaudi AI accelerators to manage larger AI training workloads.
This “orchestra of Intel technologies” reduces the overall cost of building and scaling AI vision inspection systems, making them more accessible for large-scale deployment.
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Boosting Cost Efficiency and Scaling Smart Factories
By deploying Intel Arc GPUs in its main production lines, LG Innotek reported significant cost savings compared to alternative vendors. This efficiency allows the company to scale AI inspection systems across multiple factories.
The company first introduced Intel’s AI vision inspection system in its mobile camera module production line in 2023. Following the successful trial, LG Innotek is now expanding adoption to other key facilities, including the Gumi 4 factory, which produces flip-chip ball grid array (FC-BGA) components, and eventually to overseas production centers.
The result: a more cost-competitive smart factory that leverages AI to maintain high quality while reducing operational expenses.
OpenVINO Makes AI Integration Seamless
Initially, LG Innotek engineers were hesitant about switching to Intel built-in GPUs, fearing difficulties in rewriting existing code. However, Intel’s OpenVINO toolkit eased the transition.
OpenVINO is an open-source AI toolkit launched in 2018 that allows developers to write AI models once and deploy them anywhere. This dramatically simplified GPU integration for LG Innotek, speeding up AI deployment across different devices and workloads.
Intel Xeon CPUs for Continuous AI Training
A critical factor in maintaining manufacturing accuracy is the ability to retrain AI models as production processes evolve. Here, Intel Xeon CPUs play a central role.
Equipped with AI accelerators and Advanced Matrix Extensions (AMX), Xeon CPUs maximize parallel computing speeds and enhance deep-learning inference performance. LG Innotek now plans to actively use Xeon processors for retraining AI models, shifting away from reliance on third-party GPUs.
By focusing on CPUs for fine-tuning workloads, LG Innotek expects to further minimize costs while maintaining flexibility in its AI systems.
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Future Outlook: Expanding AI-Driven Manufacturing
With Intel’s technology stack powering its factories, LG Innotek is setting a new benchmark for AI-enabled manufacturing.
- The short-term plan is to expand AI inspection solutions to major domestic and international production sites.
- The long-term vision includes integrating Intel Gaudi AI accelerators for advanced AI model training, scaling operations while maintaining cost efficiency.
This collaboration not only strengthens LG Innotek’s competitiveness but also highlights Intel’s growing role in the AI-powered smart factory ecosystem.
