AMD recently held a Technology & Innovation Update event, showcasing how AI is driving the computer industry at every level, from cloud systems to individual PCs. AMD presented various products as examples, including:
The AMD Instinct MI300 Series, a high-performance AI graphics card
The open-source software ROCm 6, which supports Large Language Models (LLMs)
The Ryzen 8040 Series processor for laptops with Ryzen AI technology
The Instinct MI300 Series has been utilized by companies like Microsoft, with applications in their Azure ND MI300x v5 server series for AI workloads. Meta is integrating these cards into their data center alongside ROCm 6 to support AI inference workloads and customization using Llama 2 models. Oracle is using these GPUs for their OCI bare metal compute solution and upcoming generative AI services.
ROCm 6 is the latest open-source software version tailored for processing LLMs on AMD Instinct graphics cards. It also supports new data types, advanced graph and kernel customization, and modernized libraries and algorithms. Overall, performance with MI300 and Llama 2 models is approximately 8 times faster with ROCm 6 compared to ROCm 5 on the MI250 graphics card.
As for the Ryzen 8040 Series processors on laptops, they offer improved AI processing capabilities and introduce the Ryzen AI 1.0 software, a tool for developers to deploy trained AI models on Windows applications. AMD also teased the upcoming Strix Point processor, planned for release this year, featuring the XDNA 2 architecture that triples AI processing performance compared to previous models.
During the event, Microsoft demonstrated Copilot in a Preview mode on Windows 11, integrated into various Microsoft applications. Copilot assists with tasks like creating slides in PowerPoint, summarizing YouTube content in Microsoft Edge, changing wallpapers on PCs, and composing songs related to Windows, AMD, and Copilot in a Wester rock and roll style.
TLDR: AMD showcased the power of AI in driving the computer industry at all levels during their recent Technology & Innovation Update event, highlighting products like the Instinct MI300 Series, ROCm 6 software, and the Ryzen 8040 Series processors for laptops. Microsoft also previewed Copilot integration in Windows 11 for various tasks.
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