Does AMD have AI?

AMD plans to expand the AI capabilities of its CPUs future by making use of the AI engine technology from its $49 billion acquisition of FPGA designer Xilinx, which closed earlier this year. These building blocks will appear in future chips across AMD's portfolio. Click to enlarge.

What is AMD's unified AI stack?

Peng said the Unified AI Stack will be an ongoing development effort for AMD, which means the company plans to consolidate even more software components in the future, so that, for instance, developers only have to use one machine learning graph compiler for any chip type.

Why do AI developers prefer Nvidia chips?

One reason why AI developers have historically preferred Nvidia chips is that it has a well-developed software package called CUDA that enables them to access the chip’s core hardware features. AMD said on Tuesday that it has its own software for its AI chips that it calls ROCm.

Are AI chips a bright spot in the semiconductor industry?

AI chips are one of the bright spots in the semiconductor industry, while PC sales, a traditional driver of semiconductor processor sales, slump. Last month, AMD CEO Lisa Su said on an earnings call that while the MI300X will be available for sampling this fall, it would start shipping in greater volumes next year.