India, Feb. 21 -- At the India AI Impact Summit 2026, where many pathbreaking technologies made their debut, Intel highlighted its "Frugal AI" approach, designed with an aim of making artificial intelligence practical, efficient, and scalable across India.

The company said the right infrastructure must match the workloads it supports. Its Frugal AI approach focuses on distributed computing across PCs, edge devices, and localized systems instead of relying solely on centralised cloud infrastructure.

According to Intel, the AI uses heterogeneous architectures combining CPUs, GPUs, NPUs, and other accelerators, designed to improve performance per watt and per rupee.

Intel's silicon-to-system strategy, the release added, optimises performa...