In the field of artificial intelligence and high-performance computing, AMD is challenging industry leader Nvidia with its latest line of AI chips. AMD CEO Lisa Su announced the company's AI chip iteration roadmap for the next few years at a recent press conference, saying that in 2026, AMD will also launch a new generation of MI400 series, maintaining a rhythm of annual updates.
AMD plans to launch the MI325 X chip in Q4 2024, which will be equipped with HBM3E high-bandwidth memory with increased memory capacity and increased computing power. This will be followed by AMD launching MI350 series and MI400 series chips in 2025 and 2026, respectively, which will feature a more advanced CDNA4 architecture and a next-generation CDNA architecture to meet the growing demand for AI.
AMD's MI300 X and MI325 X chips are based on the CDNA3 architecture, while the upcoming MI350 will feature the CDNA4 architecture, heralding a significant leap in AI performance. According to Su, CDNA4 will deliver a 35x increase in performance compared to the previous generation of CDNA3 architecture. This performance gain will give AMD's chips a significant advantage in running large AI models.
Figure: AMD released the latest AI chip (source:WSJ)
AMD's AI chips not only improve performance, but also form a direct competition with NVIDIA in terms of marketing strategy. AMD's MI325 X chip has 288GB of high-speed HBM3E memory, 6TB of memory bandwidth per second, and a single server with eight MI325 X accelerators can run large models with up to 1 trillion parameters, which is twice the size of a model supported by a server powered by the NVIDIA H200.
In addition to hardware breakthroughs, AMD has also made an active layout in terms of software and ecosystem. AMD has partnered with Microsoft to expand the AI ecosystem with AI processing power. In addition, AMD released Ryzen AI 1.0 software to help customers easily deploy AI models on laptops equipped with NPUs, and partnered with Hugging Face to provide a library of pre-optimized models.
With the launch of AMD's new AI chips, the company is demonstrating its determination to challenge NVIDIA's leadership in the AI chip market. Through continuous technological innovation and market strategy adjustments, AMD is expected to gain more market share in the AI space and drive the growth of the entire industry. As competition between AMD and NVIDIA intensifies, consumers and business users will benefit from higher-performance, more cost-effective AI solutions.
