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Chip giant AMD says AI to be ‘mega-trend’ for computing world
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Chip giant AMD says AI to be ‘mega-trend’ for computing world

[ad_1] AI will be the "defining mega-trend" for the global computing industry, the head of chip giant AMD said Thursday in Taiwan, where the majority of the world's semiconductors powering the technology is produced.California-based Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is one of the world's largest chip suppliers -- rivalling giants Intel and Nvidia -- and their processors are used in everything from gaming consoles and laptops to massive servers. In the past year, tech companies have shifted resources to developing chips that have the processing power for generative AI -- which churns out complex content in seconds -- after seeing the popularity of products such as ChatGPT. "The innovation opportunities ahead of us are truly enormous and the computing industry is changing very fast," said AMD'...