Microsoft offers cloud customers AMD alternative to Nvidia AI processors

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Microsoft said on Thursday it plans to offer its cloud computing customers a platform of AMD artificial intelligence chips that will compete with components ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Microsoft said on Thursday it plans to offer its cloud computing customers a platform of AMD artificial intelligence chips that will compete with components made by Nvidia, with details to be given at its Build developer conference next week.Microsoft's clusters of Advanced Micro Devices' flagship MI300X AI chips will be sold through its Azure cloud computing service.

As well as Nvidia's top-shelf AI chips, Microsoft's cloud computing unit sells access to its own in-house AI chips called Maia. The Cobalt chips, which were announced in November, are being tested to power Teams, Microsoft's messaging tool for businesses, and positioned to compete with the in-house Graviton CPUs made by Amazon.com.Google's Android chief says AI will change what smartphones can do and reset the battle with Apple for mobile supremacy

Ampere Computing on Thursday said it was pairing its chips with those from Qualcomm in a new offering aimed at lowering the power bills from operating artificial intelligence chips. Founded by Renee James, a former president of Intel , Ampere uses technology from Arm Holdings to make central processing chips that are used by Oracle, Alphabet's Google and others. The startup has focused on making chips that are more energy efficient than industry leaders Intel and Advanced Micro Devices.

 

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