Intel PR just released this News Byte announcing the formal launch of INRC over the past few months, including some early exciting results.
https://newsroom.intel.com/news/intel-announces-neuromorphic-computing-research-collaborators/ https://newsroom.intel.com/news/intel-announces-neuromorphic-computing-research-collaborators/
Be sure to check out Chris Eliasmith & team's https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.01739 hot-off-the-press arxiv paper showing Loihi giving leading batchsize=1 DNN inference energy efficiency compared to all mainstream architectures. They evaluated a range of DNNs mapped to Loihi with their Nengo DL tool.