IBM inks AI partnership with AMD
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International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) will deploy Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) Instinct MI300X accelerators as a service on IBM Cloud, it said on Monday.
The offering, which is expected to be available in the first half of 2025, aims to enhance performance and power efficiency for Gen AI models and high-performance computing applications for enterprise clients, the company said.
“As enterprises continue adopting larger AI models and datasets, it is critical that the accelerators within the system can process compute-intensive workloads with high performance and flexibility to scale,” said Philip Guido, executive vice president and chief commercial officer, AMD.
For generative AI inferencing workloads, IBM (IBM) plans to enable support for AMD instinct MI300X accelerators within IBM’s watsonx AI and data platform, providing watsonx clients with additional AI infrastructure resources.
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) shares rose +2.80% to $138.68 in morning trade.