AMD unveils powerful new AI chip to challenge Nvidia
Briefly

At an event in San Francisco, AMD announced its new MI325X AI accelerator chip, claiming it offers "industry-leading" performance against Nvidia's H200 GPUs, pivotal in AI applications.
AMD CEO Lisa Su expressed that this launch marks the beginning of a competitive journey in AI, with ambitions to lead as the "end-to-end" AI provider in the next decade.
The MI325X features 153 billion transistors, built on CDNA3 architecture, demonstrating powerful specifications with 2.61 PFLOPs performance for FP8 operations and 1.3 PFLOPs for FP16.
AMD's strategic move with the MI325X aims to close the gap with Nvidia and establishes plans for their next-generation MI350 chip, targeting competition with Nvidia's upcoming Blackwell system.
Read at Ars Technica
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