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AMD has unveiled its next-generation AI accelerator, the Instinct MI455X, positioning it directly against NVIDIA's Rubin chip. Built on the new CDNA 5 architecture and fabricated using TSMC's 2nm and 3nm processes, the chip contains 320 billion transistors, just 16 billion fewer than the Rubin. The

At AMD's Advancing AI event, the company unveiled its new Instinct MI455X AI accelerator and the Helios rack-scale architecture, marking a significant step toward competing with NVIDIA's NVL72 design. The MI455X features a massive chip with 320 billion transistors, built using advanced packaging and

AMD has announced a major strategic partnership with AI startup Anthropic, committing up to 2 gigawatts of Instinct MI450 GPUs and making a potential $5 billion equity investment in the company. This move underscores AMD's growing presence in the AI computing market and its ambition to become a key

According to SemiAnalysis, Meta plans to use a customized AMD Instinct MI400 accelerator for recommendation systems, featuring 144GB of HBM4 memory—significantly less than the full-fledged Instinct MI455X. This design aims to reduce costs by cutting hardware expenses, particularly beneficial for soc