Microsoft Unveils AMD-Powered AI Chips To Rival Nvidia: Report

Microsoft Corp MSFT is planning to introduce Advanced Micro Devices Inc’s AMD artificial intelligence chips to its cloud computing customers, aiming to rival Nvidia Corp’s NVDA components.

This significant development will be detailed further at the upcoming Build developer conference next week, according to a report from Reuters.

The tech giant’s Azure cloud service will integrate AMD’s MI300X AI chips, offering an alternative to Nvidia’s high-demand H100 GPUs. 

This move is designed to alleviate the difficulty many companies face in securing Nvidia’s GPUs due to their popularity in the data center chip market for AI applications.

Azure’s integration of AMD’s flagship chips is expected to boost its AI capabilities, enabling customers to build and run large-scale AI models. 

Clusters of these GPUs are essential for handling the extensive data and computation required for sophisticated AI tasks.

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AMD projects $4 billion in AI chip revenue this year, highlighting the chips’ strength in training and executing substantial AI models. 

Microsoft will also continue to provide access to its in-house AI chips, known as Maia, through its cloud services.

Additionally, Microsoft will preview its new Cobalt 100 custom processors at the conference. These processors, offering a 40% performance improvement over previous Arm Holdings PLC ARM based technology, are already in use by companies like Snowflake Inc SNOW. 

Originally announced in November, these chips are being tested to enhance Microsoft Teams and aim to compete with Amazon.Com, Inc. AMZN in-house Graviton CPUs.

Microsoft stock has gained more than 34% in the past 12 months. Investors can gain exposure to the stock via Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund XLK and IShares U.S. Technology ETF IYW.

Price Action: MSFT shares were trading higher by 0.45% at $422.90 premarket at the last check on Friday.

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