AMD Partners with Cloud Service Providers IBM and Oracle to Accelerate AI Development


AMD CEO Lisa Su is expected to visit Korea next month to meet Samsung executives on AI chip and tech cooperation, with Samsung potentially becoming AMD's HBM4 supplier. The two signed an AI memory and computing MOU in March, and talks may finalize cooperation.....
AMD announced it will acquire AI startup World Labs through a stock deal, valued at about 8.2 billion US dollars. After the transaction, co-founder and Stanford University professor Fei-Fei Li will serve as AMD's Executive Vice President and Chief Scientist, working with Chairman and CEO Sue Mi Terry to advance cutting-edge AI strategies. World Labs was founded by Fei-Fei Li, Ben Mildenhall, and Justin Johnson in early 2024, aiming to break through the boundaries of traditional language models and build AI that can understand and reason about the physical world.
AMD revealed over 20 devices based on Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495 will launch, mostly mini PCs; HP will instead launch a ZBook Ultra mobile workstation based on "Gorgon Halo". Known models include Minisforum N5MAX-P495, MS-S1MAX-P495, GMKtec EVO-X5 Pro and Lenovo ThinkCentre X Ultra.....
Texas Gov. Abbott says criticism of AI data centers is “deserved”; tech firms “dig their own graves” amid backlash. Facilities cost billions, span hundreds of acres, PR blitz failed, sparking nationwide opposition. Pew and Gallup polls show significant public opposition to living near data centers; Gallup says 70% of Americans oppose.....
Quantinuum has reached a strategic partnership with Oracle, deploying the Helios quantum computer into the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure AI data center, offering it as a managed cloud service. Customers can directly access it through OCI Quantum Service without purchasing hardware, and use it in conjunction with local GPUs and high-performance computing resources, applied in fields such as drug discovery, materials science, financial modeling, and large-scale optimization.