Kicking off COMPUTEX 2024, the CEO and Chair of AMD Dr. Lisa Su delivered the opening keynote on June 3. With a session titled “the Future of High-Performance Computing in the AI Era,” Su launched right into the main theme of this year’s COMPUTEX: “Connecting AI.” Her keynote explored how AMD works with partners to continuously improve high-performance computing power and AI capabilities, from data centers and the edge to personal devices.
Before diving into AMD’s latest products, Su acknowledged the invaluable role COMPUTEX plays in connecting the industry every year. “This year is even more special,” she said, “With the rapid innovation around AI and all the new technology everywhere, it is the biggest and most important COMPUTEX ever.”
Su introduced AMD’s latest processers, including NPUs, CPUs and GPUs, that offer advanced computing power to support improved AI capabilities. Starting with gaming PCs, she first announced the Ryzen 9000 series. This will be available in July 2024 and is the world’s fastest consumer PC processor.
She then introduced the third generation Ryzen AI 300 series processors, also available in July, which lead the development of AI PCs. The Corporate Vice President of Microsoft Windows and Devices, Pavan Davuluri, joined Su to discuss Microsoft’s Copilot+ PCs, which use AMD’s processors to offer AI applications.
The Ryzen AI 300 series processors allow AMD’s partners including HP, Lenovo and ASUS to build more efficient and high performing AI PCs. Enrique Lores, the President and CEO of HP, Luca Rossi, the President of Lenovo’s Intelligent Devices Group, and Jonney Shih, the Chairman of ASUS, all joined Su to introduce their latest laptops that are powered by Ryzen AI processors. “The third gen Ryzen AI processor is the catalyst to bring personalized computing to everyone, from content creators to gamers and business professionals,” Shih said.
Next, Su introduced the Versal AI Edge generation two processor. This is leading AI commuting at the edge, with applications across fields including healthcare, automotive and industrial.
Moving on to data centers, the fifth generation AMD EPYC, available in the second half of 2024, is anticipated to be the best data center AI CPU. The AMD Instinct MI300X is a data center GPU that Su described as “the fastest ramping product AMD history.” Its successor, the MI325X, will be available in the fourth quarter of 2024. Christian Laforte, Co-CEO and CTO of Stability AI, and Satya Nadella, the Chairman and CEO of Microsoft, joined Su to discuss the applications of these processors.
The sheer number of guests that joined Su during her keynote show the value of AMD’s technology. “AMD is the only company that can deliver the full set of GPU, CPU and networking solutions,” she said. AMD’s processors support the integration of AI technologies across the board. And they are becoming more and more powerful.
