Latest AMD news and analysis
AMD could be Intel’s next foundry customer
October 3, 2025: AMD might be the latest Silicon Valley giant to join the Intel bailout parade as there are rumors that AMD is in talks to become an Intel Foundry customer. It’s unknown just how much of AMD’s business would move to Intel. AMD splits its business between TSMC, and GlobalFoundries.
IBM, AMD team on quantum computing
August 26, 2025: IBM and AMD are working to blend Big Blue’s quantum computers with the chipmaker’s CPUs, GPUs and FPGAs to build intelligent, quantum-centric, high-performance computers. They plan to demonstrate later this year how IBM quantum computers can work with AMD technologies to deploy hybrid quantum-classical workflows .
AMD warns of new Meltdown/Spectre-like CPU bugs
July 11, 2025: AMD has issued an alert to users of a newly discovered form of side-channel attack similar to the infamous Meltdown and Spectre exploits that dominated the news in 2018. The potential exploits affect the full range of AMD processors – desktop, mobile and data center models — particularly 3rd and 4th generation Epyc server processors.
DigitalOcean teams with AMD for low-cost GPU access
June 25, 2025: Cloud infrastructure provider DigitalOcean Holdings announced a collaboration with AMD to provide DigitalOcean customers with low-cost access to AMD Instinct GPUs starting later this year.
AMD rolls out first Ultra Ethernet-compliant NIC
June 23, 2025: AMD will be the first to market with a Ultra Ethernet-based networking card, and Oracle will be the first cloud service provider to deploy it. The announcement came at the recent Advancing AI event, where AMD introduced its latest Instinct MI350 series GPUs and announced the MI400X, which will be delivered next year.
AMD steps up AI competition with Instinct MI350 chips, rack-scale platform
June 13, 2025: AMD has launched its latest accelerator chips and offered a glimpse into its AI infrastructure strategy, aiming to expand its role in the enterprise market, which Nvidia currently dominates.
