AMD unveils next-gen AI chips as it takes on Nvidia: ‘For the first time, we…’ CEO Lisa Su says

AMD has unveiled details about its Instinct MI400 series, the company’s next generation of AI chips set to ship next year. CEO Lisa Su presented the chips at a launch event in San Jose, California, emphasising their design for “rack-scale” systems crucial for powering the massive AI computations of today and tomorrow. Su also claimed that AMD’s MI355X can outperform Nvidia’s Blackwell chips.

The MI400 series chips are designed to be assembled into a full server rack, dubbed Helios, which AMD described as a unified system capable of tying thousands of chips together, as per a report by CNBC.