AMD introduces data center and PC chips aimed at accelerating AI
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Advanced Micro Devices said it is unveiling its AMD Instinct MI300X and MI300A accelerator chips for AI processing in data centers.
AMD CEO Lisa Su announced the new AMD Instinct chips at the company’s data center event today. In the third-quarter analyst call on October 31, Su said she expected MI300 would be the fastest to ramp to $1 billion in sales in AMD history.
AMD is also introducing its AMD Ryzen 8040 Series processors, previously code-named Hawk Point, for AI-based laptops.
AMD also touted its NPU chips for AI processing. The Santa Clara, California-based company said millions of Ryzen-based AI PCs have shipped in 2023 across big computer makers.
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“It’s another huge moment for PCs,” said Drew Prairie, head of communications at AMD. “The AI performance will take a step up from the performance in the market now.”
On Llama 2, the performance of the 8040 will be 1.4 times better than current Ryzen chips that started shipping in Q2. AMD is also working on next-gen Ryzen processors, code-named Strix Point, with AMD XDNA 2 and NPU for generative AI. It will be shipping in 2024.
AMD showed off hardware coming from Dell Technologies, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Lenovo, Meta, Microsoft, Oracle, Supermicro and others showcase.
And AMD said its ROCm 6 open software ecosystem combines next-gen hardware and software to deliver
eight times better generational performance increase, power advancements in generative AI and simpler deployment of AMD AI solutions.
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