AMD CEO Refutes Rumors of A Potential Deal With Samsung, Says MI300 GPUs Cannot Be Done Without TSMC
Recently, there were reports of AMD potentially going to Samsung for its future data center prospects but these claims have been denied by the company's CEO.
Over the past few months, we have been hearing rumors about AMD and Samsung possibly closing in on a deal to fabricate its next-generation chips using the South Korean giant's fabs. In the report, it was said that Samsung had secured 4nm orders from a major data center customer & almost all major S.Korean tech outlets reported on this development. Some said that it was possible that this data center client was none other than AMD.
AMD CEO Lisa Su poured cold water on the idea AMD might shift advanced GPU orders to Samsung, media report, asking Taiwan reporters if they really believed Korean media that said AMD would shift orders for next-gen products, including 3nm, to Samsung. She also said AMD’s MI300…
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However, during her visit to Taiwan, AMD's CEO, Dr. Lisa Su, refuted these claims and said that the company has not engaged in any deal with Samsung. Lisa Su also said that she won't comment on future supply chain cooperation plans with Taiwan, including TSMC but the Taiwanese chip maker will be a major partner of AMD and they will continue to work together. It is reported that AMD is currently the second largest customer of TSMC with a 10% sales share.
The CEO also stated that due without TSMC, the upcoming Instinct Mi300 chips wouldn't have been possible due to their incredibly complex designs which include an assortment of various chips like the 3D SoIC, CoWoS packages, and various other vertically stacked chips. It's an engineering marvel and AMD has beaten both Intel and NVIDIA in the domain of chiplets. NVIDIA has yet to
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