Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) Chairman and CEO Lisa Su at the AMD Advancing AI event in San Jose, California, United States, Wednesday, December 6, 2023. , this accelerator chip will be able to run artificial intelligence software faster than competing products. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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AMD announced a new artificial intelligence chip on Monday as it seeks to establish itself as a leader in competition with other companies Nvidia and Intel.
“Artificial intelligence is a top priority for us, and we are at the beginning of an incredibly exciting time in the industry as artificial intelligence transforms nearly every business and improves our quality of life and reshaping various segments of the computing market.
During the keynote, Su launched the Ryzen AI 300 series, the next generation of AI laptops. This product line could directly compete with Intel’s upcoming products moon lake and Qualcommof SnapdragonX. and with partners Microsoftthese chips will power laptops equipped with Copilot, the tech giant’s artificial intelligence chatbot.
Su also revealed the new Ryzen 9000 series for desktops, calling them “the world’s fastest consumer PC processors” for gaming and content creation.
Both lines are expected to launch in July. It comes less than two months after AMD announced in April new processors capable of running AI workloads: the Ryzen Pro 8040 for laptops and the Ryzen Pro 8000 for desktops.
Chip companies are racing to roll out faster, more powerful processors to stay ahead in the race for artificial intelligence. Nvidia on Sunday launched a next-generation artificial intelligence chip called “Rubin” to succeed the previous “Blackwell” model just announced in March.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has pledged to release new artificial intelligence chip technology every year, faster than the company’s previous two-year timetable. AMD also plans to release new AI chip technology every year.
AMD detailed its data center chip roadmap on Monday, with the Instinct MI325X accelerator, an enhanced version of the MI300 series, scheduled to launch in the fourth quarter. The Instinct MI350 series, based on next-generation architecture, is expected to be released in 2025, while the Instinct MI400 series is scheduled to be released in 2026.
Su also previewed the latest fifth-generation EPYC server processors on Monday, which are expected to be launched in the second half of this year to “continue the leading performance and efficiency of AMD’s EPYC processor family.”
Like Nvidia, AMD doesn’t make its own chips. Instead, it outsources the manufacturing of its chips to foundries, primarily TSMC, the world’s largest contract chipmaker.
Ryzen AI 300, Ryzen 9000 and fifth-generation EPYC chips will be built on the latest “Zen 5” architecture.
“Zen 5 can be found everywhere from supercomputers to data centers and personal computers,” Su said.
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