Santa Clara, California – AMD’s CEO Dr. Lisa Su delivered a keynote speech at this year’s Computex, where she highlighted the company’s position as a major competitor to Nvidia in GPUs and Intel in CPUs. The attention on AMD has grown significantly due to its wide product portfolio and technological advancements.
During the keynote, Dr. Su introduced the new CPU architecture Zen 5 and the NPU architecture XDNA2, which includes the Block Floating Point (Block FP16) data type offering a unique combination of speed and accuracy. This innovation is considered a new industry standard, setting AMD apart in hardware development.
At Computex, AMD unveiled the Ryzen 9000 series, the next-generation desktop PC parts with high performance catered to gamers, content creators, and PC system builders. The Ryzen AI 300 series, designed for mobile-focused Copilot+ PCs in partnership with Microsoft, marks AMD’s third generation of laptop chips with integrated NPU.
The integration of new technologies like Zen 5 CPU core, RDNA 3.5 GPU architecture, and XDNA 2 NPU in the Ryzen AI 300 series demonstrates AMD’s commitment to innovation and performance. Laptops featuring these chips are expected to hit the market in July, showcasing AMD’s rapid development in the AI PC space.
On the datacenter front, AMD introduced the 5th Generation Epyc Gen CPUs (codename Turin) and the Instinct MI-300 series GPU accelerators, focusing on competitive performance improvements for AI workloads. The Instinct MI325 GPU accelerator offers enhanced memory capacity, positioning AMD as a strong competitor to Nvidia in the data center market.
Overall, AMD’s progress and advancements in the computing and semiconductor industry continue to impress observers. The company’s ability to innovate and stay competitive in a rapidly evolving market landscape is a testament to its position as a driving force in the tech world.