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AMD invests up to $5B in Anthropic
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- →AMD's investment significantly boosts Anthropic's AI infrastructure capabilities.
- →The partnership includes a strategic engineering collaboration, enhancing AMD's AI development.
- →This move positions AMD as a key player in the AI hardware market.
AMD has announced a major investment of up to $5 billion in AI company Anthropic, aiming to enhance its computing power. As part of this partnership, Anthropic will deploy up to 2 gigawatts of AMD's Instinct MI450 AI GPUs using the Helios rack-scale system. The first gigawatt is set to be deployed by the first half of 2027. This collaboration includes a multi-year engineering effort where AMD will integrate Anthropic's Claude AI into its software and product development. This strategic move highlights AMD's dedication to expanding its role in the AI sector.
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