This module covers the intent of the workshop, the type viewer the workshop is aimed at, a brief look at the hardware architecture of the Intel® Xeon Phi™ coprocessor, the SW stack, and programming models. Briefly looks that the roadmap forward for the Intel® Knights products. It discusses the software development platform, documentation, and use of Intel® Premier Support. It sets expectations on the capabilities and usage models that are appropriate for the Intel® Xeon Phi™ coprocessor . And lastly, looks at brief example of the advantages of the 512-bit vector engine