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AMD

Semiconductor company producing Instinct data-center accelerators, EPYC server CPUs and Radeon graphics.

Headquarters
Santa Clara, California, USA
Industry
Semiconductors
Market category
GPU & accelerated computing
Website
https://www.amd.com

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Steam Deck 2: Is AMD Gainsborough the chip Valve’s been waiting for?

Speculation has mounted regarding an AMD chip designated Gainsborough, which industry watchers suggest could underpin an eventual successor to Valve's handheld console. Valve has previously maintained that developing a sequel requires a substantial generational advance in power efficiency and compute performance.

Semiconductors··The Verge

Sony brings AI graphics upscaling to the regular PS5

Sony has introduced a fresh artificial intelligence graphics scaling feature for the baseline PlayStation 5 console, created through its Project Amethyst collaboration with AMD. Known as Quick Spectral Super Resolution, the software adds a new tier of AI-driven upscaling alongside PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution.

GPUs··The Verge

Geekbench 7 results suggest OpenAI's dots run on nine-core AMD EPYC VMs

Benchmark records from Geekbench 7 suggest that OpenAI's infrastructure may be hosted on virtual machines equipped with nine-core AMD EPYC server processors. The diagnostic submissions also show the instances operating on Debian Linux rather than Ubuntu distributions referenced in earlier disclosures.

Cloud··Tom's Hardware

HPE Secures Its 1st AMD Helios Order in $1.2B Deal with Vultr

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has secured a $1.2 billion contract with cloud infrastructure provider Vultr to deliver AMD Helios AI Rack systems. The hardware, which incorporates purpose-built HPE scale-up networking switches, will be rolled out across Vultr's data centres in the United States.

Funding & M&A··HPCwire

AMD acquires AI legend Fei-Fei Li's World Labs for $8.2 billion

AMD has struck an agreement to acquire generative artificial intelligence start-up World Labs in an all-stock transaction valued at $8.2 billion. As part of the deal, co-founder and chief executive Fei-Fei Li will join the semiconductor firm as an executive vice president and chief scientist. The substantial purchase bolsters the chipmaker's capabilities in generative world models as it competes across the AI ecosystem.

Funding & M&A··Tom's Hardware

AMD drops an EPYC $15,000, 256-core beast

AMD has unveiled the full specifications and volume pricing for its sixth-generation EPYC 9006 enterprise processor line, codenamed Venice. The family is topped by an expansive 256-core server SKU priced at $15,000 for 1,000-unit purchases.

Semiconductors··Tom's Hardware

AMD’s World Labs Acquisition to Bring Fei-Fei Li on as Chief Scientist

Semiconductor designer AMD has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase World Labs, an artificial intelligence research group led by Dr Fei-Fei Li. Following the transaction, Dr Li will become chief scientist at the chipmaker, which intends to integrate the startup's team to boost its internal AI model engineering capabilities.

Funding & M&A··HPCwire