Nvidia Rules A.I. Chips, but Amazon and AMD Emerge as Contenders
Amazon, Advanced Micro Devices and several start-ups are beginning to offer credible alternatives to Nvidia’s chips, especially for a phase of A.I. development known as “inferencing.”
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AMD history: Beyond the Ticker
Over the past five decades, Advanced Micro Devices, or AMD (AMD), has become a staple of the tech industry. Let’s take a closer look at the semiconductor company’s biggest moments….
AMD to cut 4% of global workforce as it focuses on AI chip development
(Reuters) – Advanced Micro Devices is laying off 4% of its global workforce, or about 1,000 employees, as it directs efforts towards developing AI chips in a bid to compete….
AMD unveils powerful new AI chip to challenge Nvidia
On Thursday, AMD announced its new MI325X AI accelerator chip, which is set to roll out to data center customers in the fourth quarter of this year. At an event….
AMD explains, promises partial fixes for Ryzen 9000 performance problems
Enlarge / We (and other testers) have had issues getting the Ryzen 9000 series to behave normally. Andrew Cunningham AMD recently released its Ryzen 9000-series processors, which brought the company’s….
AMD signs $4.9 billion deal to challenge Nvidia’s AI infrastructure lead
AMD has agreed to buy artificial intelligence infrastructure group ZT Systems in a $4.9 billion cash and stock transaction, extending a run of AI investments by the chip company as….
AMD signs $4.9bn deal to challenge Nvidia’s AI infrastructure lead
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. AMD has agreed to acquire artificial intelligence infrastructure group ZT….
AMD Ryzen 9000 review: Impressive efficiency, with bugs and so-so speed boosts
Enlarge / AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X. Andrew Cunningham Nearly two years after the release of the first Ryzen 7000 CPUs, AMD has returned with a full-fledged follow-up. The new Ryzen….
Outdated AMD chips reportedly won’t get a patch for the ‘Sinkclose’ security flaw
AMD has begun releasing updates to patch some — but not all — chips affected by the recently discovered “Sinkclose” security flaw. The vulnerability spotted by researchers at IOActive was….
Almost unfixable “Sinkclose” bug affects hundreds of millions of AMD chips
Security flaws in your computer’s firmware, the deep-seated code that loads first when you turn the machine on and controls even how its operating system boots up, have long been….