OpenAI, AMD announce 6 gigawatt partnership
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OpenAI, AMD announce 6 gigawatt partnership
"OpenAI inked a new deal with chip manufacturer Advanced Microelectronic Devices to use the latter's technology to bring six gigawatts of power to OpenAI's artificial intelligence computing infrastructure. Announced on Monday morning, OpenAI and AMD's partnership comes amid the growing market demand for more compute power to run advanced AI systems. This agreement marries OpenAI and AMD as compute partners in scaling deployments of AMD's hardware to support OpenAI's software."
"AMD is set to conduct its first gigawatt deployment using its Instinct MI450 GPUs in the second half of 2026. "We are thrilled to partner with OpenAI to deliver AI compute at massive scale," said AMD CEO Lisa Su in the press release. "This partnership brings the best of AMD and OpenAI together to create a true win-win enabling the world's most ambitious AI buildout and advancing the entire AI ecosystem.""
OpenAI signed a deal with AMD to use AMD's technology to provide six gigawatts of power for OpenAI's AI computing infrastructure. The partnership designates AMD and OpenAI as compute partners to scale deployments of AMD hardware supporting OpenAI software. AMD plans an initial one-gigawatt deployment using Instinct MI450 GPUs in the second half of 2026. AMD emphasized the collaboration will enable massive-scale AI compute and advance the broader AI ecosystem. OpenAI highlighted AMD's leadership in high-performance chips as critical to accelerating AI progress and delivering advanced AI benefits more quickly. The partnership follows OpenAI's prior engagements with other chipmakers and federal customers.
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