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Chairman / President
Victor Wen-Ti Peng
CEO / Managing Director
Lisa Tzwu-Fang Su
CFO / Finance Director
Jean X.Hu
Industry
Semiconductors
Website
amd.com
Headquarters address
2485 Augustine Dr, Santa Clara, CA, United States
Stock Code
NASDAQ:AMD
Year founded
1969
last updated:
27 August, 2024
Amazon Web Services has introduced its new AI servers, competing against Nvidia and AMD. Photo: Reuters
Amazon

Amazon challenges Nvidia with new AI chips, to be used by Apple

Amazon says it is able to connect a greater number of chips together than Nvidia, helping customers save cost.

Semiconductors

Intel CEO Gelsinger forced out as chip giant falls behind Nvidia

Artificial intelligence

AMD cuts 1,000 staff to focus on AI chips in battle with Nvidia

Semiconductors

Semiconductor firms ASML, AMD, Qualcomm reaffirm China commitment

They joined about 400 other firms at the Intelligent Industry & Information Technology exhibition, part of the 2024 CIIE trade fair in Shanghai.

Hostesses for the China International Import Expo walk past a signage of the trade fair in Shanghai. Photo: EPA-EFE
Semiconductors

Intel set for sharp drop in quarterly revenue as chip maker struggles to recover

The once-iconic American semiconductor giant is expected to report this week an 8 per cent decline in quarterly revenue to US$13.02 billion.

Huawei

Huawei to step up AI ecosystem development despite US tech sanctions

‘In 2024 and over the next five years, Huawei will invest even more into ecosystem development,’ deputy chairman Eric Xu Zhijun said.

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Artificial intelligence

Lenovo launches new AI-capable PCs powered by Intel, AMD and Qualcomm processors

The latest AI device portfolio from Lenovo reflects efforts by the global PC industry to boost its recovery this year.

Artificial intelligence-enabled devices are expected to help raise personal computer shipments and fuel an increase in average selling price. Photo: Lenovo
Semiconductors

Intel director Lip-Bu Tan exits board of struggling chip maker

The move follows Intel’s disastrous quarterly report earlier this month amid competition with rivals like Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices.

Video gaming

China’s Black Myth: Wukong mania lifts sales of Sony’s PS5 gaming console

The hit action role-playing game has prompted an increase in consumer spending on the mainland for video-gaming hardware.

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Artificial intelligence

AMD to buy server maker in US$4.9 billion challenge to Nvidia

AMD has its sights set on Nvidia, the runaway leader in the market for data centre gear needed to support AI computing.

An AMD logo seen on a computer. Photo: AP Photo
Artificial intelligence

Exclusive | Meet Yang Hongxia: the PolyU AI scientist who wants to change how LLMs are built

Yang Hongxia said she wants to change the existing resource-intensive process of training large language models into a decentralised, machine-learning paradigm.

Artificial intelligence scientist Yang Hongxia, said small AI models, once put together, can outperform the most advanced large language models in specific domains. Photo: Sina
Intel

Intel launches new chip to power Chinese carmakers’ in-vehicle AI initiatives

The company’s new Arc Graphics for Automotive discrete graphics processing unit is designed to power in-vehicle AI capabilities.

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Huawei

Huawei, semiconductor firm Wuhan Xinxin to develop high-bandwidth memory chips

Huawei’s high-bandwidth memory initiative reflects the growing global market for these chips, which are indispensable components in the computing infrastructure used for artificial intelligence projects.

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Semiconductors

US presses allies Japan and Netherlands to curb China’s AI chip progress

The United States aims to further restrict the ability of mainland China to produce the high-bandwidth memory chips needed for artificial intelligence development.

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US Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security Alan Estevez will press his counterparts in Japan and the Netherlands to add fresh restrictions on China’s semiconductor sector. Photo: Shutterstock
Nvidia

Chinese promotion matches Nvidia graphics cards with Black Myth: Wukong game

The offbeat promotion reflects growing competition in the mainland graphics card market, where consumers are substituting Nvidia’s products with alternative made-in-China hardware.

Black Myth Wukong is an action role-playing game based on the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West published in the 16th century. Photo: Game Science
Artificial intelligence

Intel CEO hits back after Nvidia CEO says rival’s chips not for AI era

Pat Gelsinger took a direct shot at claims by Nvidia chief Jensen Huang that traditional processors like Intel’s are running out of steam in the age of AI.

TSMC

TSMC’s new chairman affirms forecast of AI-fuelled chip market recovery in 2024

TSMC chairman and chief executive C C Wei stuck with previous projections for 10 per cent growth in the global semiconductor market this year, excluding the vast memory chip sector.

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Semiconductors

US slows AI chip exports to Middle East over concern on China access

Washington has delayed the issuing of export licences to Nvidia and AMD, partly over worries that Chinese companies could access AI chips through data centres in the Middle East.

The skyline of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The US is delaying the issuing of AI chip export licences to Nvidia and AMD to the Middle East. Photo: EPA-EFE
Semiconductors

Nvidia’s rock-star CEO leads US chip bosses to Taiwan’s AI expo

Taiwan’s pre-eminence in semiconductors is at an all-time high, as the island welcomes Huang and the CEOs of AMD, Intel, Qualcomm and Arm Holdings to Computex 2024.

China economy

Opinion | The real reason for US, EU gripes about Chinese overcapacity

They are defensive because China threatens their dominance in advanced manufacturing, but fail to see how Chinese manufacturing helps the global energy transition and benefits Global South consumers.

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Huawei

Intel still sells to Huawei millions of dollars’ worth of advanced chips

The US chip giant still retains a Trump-era licence to sell advanced laptop CPUs to Huawei despite pressure on Biden to revoke the permission, sources say

The Huawei stand at the Mobile World Congress n Barcelona, Spain, last month. Photo: Reuters
Artificial intelligence

Nvidia’s move to curb CUDA on third-party hardware exposes China’s weak link

Nvidia’s warning to developers about running its CUDA software, a programming toolkit, on third-party graphic processing units has exposed another weak link in China’s quest for chip self-sufficiency.

People walk past the logo of Nvidia in Taipei, Taiwan, February 23, 2024. Photo: EPA-EFE
US-China tech war

US deems AMD AI chip tailored for China too powerful

AMD had hoped to get Washington’s approval to sell to Chinese customers its MI309 processor, which performs at a lower level than what the company sells globally.

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Semiconductors

Is Nvidia the next Tesla, as investors move from chasing EV to AI?

While Nvidia’s shares have added 66 per cent this year after more than tripling in 2023, Tesla shares are down more than half from their 2021 peak.

Artificial intelligence

Nvidia chief sees rise of ‘sovereign AI’ infrastructure across nations

Such a national approach to the artificial intelligence boom stands to drive an expansion of data centres that would need Nvidia’s know-how and hardware.

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Nvidia Corp chief executive Jensen Huang wants to expand his company’s customer base by persuading government agencies to build their own artificial intelligence infrastructure. Image: Shutterstock
Artificial intelligence

Chinese selfie apps giant Meitu sees profits triple in 2023 on back of AI tools

Hong Kong-listed Meitu’s success stands in stark contrast to how many other firms struggle to monetise their own generative artificial intelligence initiatives.

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Meitu’s successful push into generative artificial intelligence helped advance its global expansion, as its products are now available in 195 countries and regions. Photo: Shutterstock
Artificial intelligence

Microsoft, Alphabet and AMD tout AI progress, but investors want tangible results

Shares of the tech giants slipped in late trading on Tuesday after they delivered 2023 results and forecasts for the current quarter, as Wall Street seeks more clarity on AI’s impact on financial performance.

TSMC

Chip-making giant TSMC halts revenue drop on brisk AI demand

The Hsinchu-based company beat estimates of a quarterly sales decline, as demand from Nvidia and others helped offset sluggish smartphone and laptop chip sales.

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