AMD on Monday announced its new artificial intelligence chips for everything from advanced data centers to advanced laptops, stepping up its challenge to runaway market leader Nvidia.
Demand for specialized processors that help develop, train and run AI applications like ChatGPT has grown over the past couple of years.
Despite Nvidia's dominant position in the market, AMD has emerged as one of its most serious rivals and CEO Lisa Xu said the firm's next-generation processors will compete with offerings from rivals such as Nvidia.
“AI is our top priority, and we're at the start of an incredibly exciting time for the industry as AI transforms virtually every business, improves our quality of life and reshapes every segment of the computing market. shapes,” Su said during a keynote address. Speech at Computex, Taiwan's premier tech expo.
He also announced that AMD will follow an annual update cycle for its advanced accelerators, and plans to release the latest — the Instinct MI325X — later this year.
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang then shared a similar annual release outline for its flagship products on Sunday.
Welcoming partnerships with some of the world's biggest laptop companies, Su brought out leaders from Microsoft, HP, Lenovo and Asus — all of whom have added AMD's Ryzen processors to their AI-powered computers. emphasized.
Microsoft has been one of the leaders among the big tech firms on AI, having invested billions in OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, and is increasingly integrating AI features into its products.
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Earlier this month, it unveiled its Copilot+ computers — so-called “AI PCs” that will run the Windows operating system with AI built-in.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said on Monday that AMD's Ryzen processors will feature in these machines.
“We are in the midst of a massive AI platform transformation, with promise for how we live and work,” Nadella said in a video message during Su's speech.
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“That's why our deep partnership with AMD, which has enabled multiple computing platforms, from PC to custom silicon for Xbox, and now to AI, is so important to us.”
Su is one of several chip industry heavyweights at Computex this year.
Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon, Intel boss Pete Gelsinger and Rene Haas of British chip design giant Arm are also scheduled to deliver keynote speeches.
Tech firms are betting big on AI, and Taiwanese manufacturers are central to their plans — the island produces some of the world's most advanced semiconductors, with some of the most powerful AI applications and research. are required for
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