Optimum Intel

Optimum Intel extends the Hugging Face Transformers and Diffusers libraries, providing a framework to integrate Intel's specialized tools and libraries like OpenVINO, Neural Compressor, and Intel Extension for PyTorch. It enables optimization, conversion (e.g., to OpenVINO IR format), and accelerated inference of deep learning models on Intel architectures. The library is actively maintained with frequent minor version releases, currently at 1.27.0.