Key Takeaways
- AI is the central focus of AMD’s latest developments, with a goal to create a world where the most advanced AI capabilities are in the right hands.
- The company predicts that AI usage will soon reach 5 billion active users and will be as indispensable to daily life as phones and the internet are today.
- To enable AI everywhere, the world’s compute capacity needs to increase by 100x over the next few years to more than 10 yottaflops.
- AMD has unveiled several new AI chips, including the MI455 AI processors and the MI440X, designed for companies to use on-premise.
- Partnerships with companies like OpenAI, Luma AI, and Liquid AI are critical to advancing AI capabilities and supporting growth.
Introduction to AMD’s AI Focus
AMD’s Chair and CEO, Dr. Lisa Su, took the stage at CES to unveil the company’s latest chips and emphasize the importance of AI. Su stated that AI is the most important technology of the last 50 years and that we are just scratching the surface of its potential. She predicts that AI usage will soon reach 5 billion active users, making it as essential to daily life as phones and the internet. To achieve this goal, the world’s compute capacity needs to increase significantly, with Su noting that we don’t have nearly enough compute power to enable AI everywhere.
Unveiling New AI Chips
During the presentation, Su unveiled several new AI chips, including the MI455 AI processors, which are used in data center server racks by customers like OpenAI. The MI440X, a version of the MI400 series chip, is designed for companies to use on-premise and can fit into infrastructure that is not specifically designed for AI. These new chips are designed to support the growth of AI and provide more computing power to enable AI capabilities. Su also noted that the company is working on increasing the world’s compute capacity by 100x over the next few years to more than 10 yottaflops.
Partnerships and Collaborations
The keynote featured several partnerships and collaborations that are critical to advancing AI capabilities. OpenAI President Greg Brockman joined Su on stage to discuss the importance of chip advancements for OpenAI’s vast computing needs. Brockman highlighted several examples of ChatGPT saving people’s lives, including a colleague whose husband was sent home from the ER and told to wait out leg pain but returned based on the advice of the AI tool, catching a potentially fatal blood clot. The partnership between AMD and OpenAI supports the growth of AI and provides more compute power to enable AI possibilities.
Advancing AI Capabilities
Amit Jain, CEO of Luma AI, also joined Su on stage to discuss Ray3, an AI video tool that is designed to create studio-level content in 4K using reasoning that can think first in pixels. The company has created the latest version called Ray3 Modified, which allows users to edit the world and ushers in what Jain described as "hybrid human AI productions." Liquid AI co-founder Ramin Hasani also joined Su on stage to discuss how the two companies are partnering on LFM 3.0, designed natively multi-model to process text, visuals, and audio as inputs and deliver text, visuals, and audios as output in 10 different languages.
Applying AI to Real-World Problems
The keynote also featured a panel on how AI tools and AMD hardware are involved in healthcare, from identifying issues in women’s health to male pattern baldness. The company has partnered with AstraZeneca and Illumina to support tech that looks at the human genome and DNA sequencing to find disease. The keynote also touched on physical AI, one of the "toughest challenges in technology," which includes smart machines that take actions to address complex goals from factory robots to self-driving cars. AMD discussed partnerships with Generative Bionics and Blue Origin to advance physical AI capabilities.
Investing in AI Education and Research
AMD is investing $150 million in education programs that bring AI into classrooms and communities across the country. The company is committed to investing in the next generation of AI research and talent. The event closed with a look at this future talent, as teens from a recent AMD x Hack Club Hackathon took to the stage to show their work. White House science advisor Michael Kratsios joined Su on stage to discuss how AMD is helping the U.S. "win" the "AI race" with the Genesis Mission, a public-private partnership that aims to use AI for scientific discoveries.
Conclusion
In conclusion, AMD’s focus on AI is evident in its latest developments, from the unveiling of new AI chips to partnerships and collaborations that advance AI capabilities. The company is committed to investing in AI education and research, and its goal is to create a world where the most advanced AI capabilities are in the right hands. As Su noted, AI is the most important technology of the last 50 years, and we are just scratching the surface of its potential. With the world’s compute capacity needing to increase significantly to enable AI everywhere, AMD is poised to play a critical role in advancing AI capabilities and supporting growth.