AMD CEO, Dr Lisa Su, Ramps Up AI Offensive With New CPUs for PCs and Data Centers at Computex 2024
AMD unveiled a range of cutting-edge processors and an expanded data center accelerator roadmap. At the Computex 2024 opening keynote, Chair and CEO, Dr Lisa Su took the wraps off a comprehensive roadmap of new CPU, GPU, and AI accelerator architectures designed to power the next wave of AI innovation across the data center, cloud, PCs, and edge devices.
The new lineup of processors, known as "Zen 5" Ryzen processors, promises to deliver advanced AI experiences. These processors are designed to meet the growing demands of AI applications, providing enhanced performance and efficiency. With the introduction of the "Zen 5" architecture, AMD aims to lead the next era of AI-powered computing.
The company also revealed an expanded data center accelerator roadmap. This roadmap includes the AMD Instinct series, which is specifically designed to accelerate AI workloads in data centers. The roadmap promises an annual cadence of leadership AI performance and memory capabilities, ensuring that AMD stays at the forefront of AI innovation.
One of the highlights of the expanded roadmap is the upcoming AMD Instinct MI325X accelerator, expected to be available in Q4 2024. This accelerator will feature up to 288GB of HBM3E memory, providing exceptional memory capacity and bandwidth. In addition, the AMD Instinct MI350 series, based on the AMD CDNA 4 architecture, is set to be available in 2025, offering a significant increase in AI inference performance.
For PCs, AMD unveiled its 3rd Gen Ryzen AI mobile processors and new Ryzen 9000 desktop CPUs. These integrate AMD's "Zen 5" CPU cores along with XDNA 2 AI engines and RDNA 3.5 graphics to enable new intelligent, personalized computing experiences enhanced by AI. Key ecosystem partners like Microsoft, HP, Lenovo, and Asus joined AMD on stage to showcase upcoming Ryzen AI-powered laptops and desktops for consumers and businesses.
It also detailed its 2nd Gen Versal AI Edge adaptive computing portfolio combining FPGA logic fabrics, embedded CPU cores, and AI inference engines based on XDNA technology. Over 30 partners are actively developing edge AI solutions leveraging the 2nd Gen Versal AI Edge series.
Dr. Lisa Su expressed her excitement about the new products, stating, "We are relentless in our pace of innovation, providing the leadership capabilities and performance the AI industry and our customers expect." She emphasised the importance of driving the next evolution of data center AI training and inference, and the role that AMD's products will play in achieving that.
With the introduction of these new products, AMD is ready to contest the dominant position in the AI market held by Nvidia, which is on the verge of surpassing Apple as the second most valuable company in the world.
AMD unveils "Zen 5" Ryzen processors for advanced AI experiences
Expanded data center accelerator roadmap promises annual cadence of AI performance and memory capabilities
AMD Instinct MI325X accelerator with up to 288GB of HBM3E memory expected in Q4 2024
AMD Instinct MI350 series accelerators to offer significant increase in AI inference performance in 2025
AMD unveiled 3rd Gen Ryzen AI mobile processors and Ryzen 9000 desktop CPUs for PCs. It integrate AMD's latest "Zen 5" CPU cores, XDNA 2 AI engines, and RDNA 3.5 graphics.
AMD also detailed its 2nd Gen Versal AI Edge adaptive computing portfolio for edge AI applications. The Versal AI Edge series combines FPGA logic fabrics, embedded CPU cores, and AI inference engines based on XDNA technology.
Dr. Lisa Su emphasises AMD's commitment to driving the next evolution of data center AI training and inference.