The AI race isn’t just about tech giants trying to create bigger and better chatbots. This also includes chipmakers supporting the latest AI-enabled devices and models.
American chip designer Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) was announced recent processors for artificial intelligence-enabled laptops and desktop computers on Tuesday. The recent AMD Ryzen PRO 8040 Series processors are designed for business laptops and mobile workstations, while the AMD Ryzen PRO 8000 Series processors are “the first AI-enabled desktop processor for business users,” the company said in a statement, adding that the recent chips will expand AMD’s “offer of commercial AI-enabled notebook and desktop computers.” AI computers are personal computers made of hardware and software that enables it to handle AI tasks on the device, such as running immense language models (LLM) and AI-based applications. AMD says both processors are built with advanced 4-nanometer technology.
“AMD delivers the broadest range of AI technologies to meet the needs of today’s business,” Jack Huynh, senior vice president and general manager of the Computing and Graphics Group at AMD, said in a statement. “As we expand our leadership in AI computing, we will deliver greater power and performance to a wide range of desktop and notebook computers.”
The company’s recent processors “set a recent standard for premium computing experiences and facilitate businesses implement AI features on their PCs, ensuring leading performance and security,” Huynh added.
Ryzen PRO 8040 Series processors for laptops and mobile workstations are expected to be available in devices from AMD partners, including HP and Lenovo, in the second quarter of this year, AMD said.
AMD’s recent chips will compete with those from Nvidia and Intel, which are also available projects fries for AI computers. Both Nvidia and AMD are customers of semiconductor industry leader Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), which produces approximately 90% of the world’s advanced chips.
This was announced in March AMD has tried to stop rival Intel from selling advanced chips to Chinese technology company Huawei, arguing that the license granted to Intel for such activities was unfair because AMD did not have a similar license. In September 2020, Intel received special permission from the Trump administration to sell advanced chips to Huawei, which was placed on a trade blacklist in 2019 along with more than 275 other Chinese companies.
