The Intel(R) Movidius(TM) VPU (Vision Processing Unit) is a specialized hardware accelerator designed to offload and accelerate machine vision, deep learning, and computer vision tasks. Movidius VPUs are often used in devices like smart cameras, drones, and other AI-powered systems to handle tasks such as object recognition, image classification, and video processing. Intel acquired Movidius in 2016, and since then, its VPUs have been integrated into various Intel products, especially in edge AI computing.