Monopoly in GPUs can hurt the AI ecosystem, says AMD India head

Amid increase in demand for graphic processing units (GPUs) by companies to meet high compute requirements, AMD India country head and senior vice president – silicon design engineering, Jaya Jagadish said monopoly in the segment can hurt the ecosystem. The hint is towards the long wait due to the rising demand for Nvidia’s GPUs, even though firms like AMD offer competitive AI chipsets. Jagadish spoke to Jatin Grover on developing the supply chain ecosystem in India, AMD’s largest design center in Bengaluru, talent in semiconductor and AI, and approach towards the semiconductor manufacturing and design ecosystem in the country. Excerpts: