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AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) has completed its acquisition of ZT Systems, a leading provider of AI and general-purpose compute infrastructure for hyperscale providers. The strategic transaction aims to address the $500 billion data center AI accelerator opportunity projected for 2028.
The acquisition combines AMD's GPU, CPU, and networking silicon with ZT Systems' rack-level expertise and AMD's open-source ROCm™ software. This integration will enable new end-to-end AI solutions and accelerate the deployment of AMD-powered AI infrastructure at scale.
The deal is expected to be accretive on a non-GAAP basis by the end of 2025. AMD is seeking strategic partners to acquire ZT Systems' U.S.-based data center infrastructure manufacturing business in 2025. Former ZT Systems executives Frank Zhang and Doug Huang have joined AMD's leadership team under Executive Vice President Forrest Norrod.
AMD has unveiled its 5th Gen EPYC Embedded processors, featuring the new 'Zen 5' architecture, targeting networking, storage, and industrial edge markets. The EPYC Embedded 9005 Series processors support 8 to 192 cores in a single socket, delivering up to 1.3X increase in networking throughput and 1.6X in storage workloads.
Key features include extended 7-year product manufacturing support, enhanced system resiliency with Non-Transparent Bridging (NTB), and DRAM Flush for data protection. The processors offer up to 6TB DDR5 memory per socket and 160 PCIe Gen5 lanes with CXL 2.0 support.
Cisco and IBM are among the first partners to adopt these processors. Production shipments are expected to begin in Q2 2025, with the processors currently sampling to early access customers.
AMD has unveiled its next-generation RDNA 4 architecture with the launch of the Radeon RX 9000 Series graphics cards. The new lineup includes the RX 9070 XT and RX 9070, both featuring 16GB of GDDR6 memory and priced at $599 and $549 respectively.
The new cards deliver up to 40% higher gaming performance than the previous RDNA 3 architecture, with the RX 9070 offering 20% more performance and the RX 9070 XT delivering 40% more performance compared to the RX 7900 GRE at 1440p. Key improvements include 3rd generation raytracing accelerators providing 2x raytracing throughput, and 2nd generation AI accelerators offering up to 8x INT8 throughput.
The cards will be available from partners including Acer, ASRock, ASUS, Gigabyte, PowerColor, Sapphire, Vastarmor, XFX, and Yeston starting March 6th, 2025. They support DisplayPort 2.1a and HDMI 2.1b, enabling up to 8K 144Hz display output.
Vultr, the largest privately-held cloud infrastructure company, has announced the deployment of AMD Instinct™ MI325X GPUs in its Chicago data center, becoming the first cloud provider to offer these AI solutions. This follows Vultr's growth financing at a $3.5 billion valuation and expanded collaboration with AMD.
The AMD Instinct MI325X GPUs feature 256GB of HBM3E memory and 8 TB/s of memory bandwidth, hosted on Supermicro AS-8126GS-TNMR 8-U servers. The solution offers seamless integration with AMD ROCm™ open software ecosystem, supporting various AI and high-performance computing frameworks for building and scaling AI-native applications.
AMD and France's Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA) have signed a Letter of Intent to collaborate on advancing next-generation AI computing architectures. The partnership aims to develop energy-efficient systems for handling intensive AI workloads across various sectors including energy and medicine.
The collaboration will focus on technological advancements in next-generation AI compute infrastructure. Both organizations plan to host a symposium in 2025, bringing together European stakeholders, global technology providers, startups, supercomputing centers, universities, and policymakers to foster collaboration on AI computing technologies.
This initiative reinforces AMD's commitment to international collaborations that accelerate AI innovation, promote sustainability, and strengthen cooperation between U.S. and European research institutions.
AMD reported strong financial results for Q4 and full year 2024. Q4 revenue reached a record $7.7 billion, up 24% year-over-year, with non-GAAP gross margin of 54% and record operating income of $2.0 billion. Full-year revenue hit a record $25.8 billion, up 14% from 2023.
The Data Center segment showed exceptional growth, with Q4 revenue up 69% year-over-year to $3.9 billion, driven by AMD Instinct GPU and EPYC CPU sales. Annual Data Center revenue nearly doubled to $12.6 billion. The Client segment achieved record revenue of $2.3 billion in Q4, up 58% year-over-year.
However, the Gaming segment saw a 59% decline to $563 million in Q4, while the Embedded segment decreased 13% to $923 million. AMD expanded its AI partnerships with IBM, Vultr, and Aleph Alpha, focusing on AI infrastructure development and deployment.
AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) has announced it will release its fiscal fourth quarter and full year 2024 financial results on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, after market close. The company's management will host a conference call at 5:00 p.m. EST / 2:00 p.m. PST to discuss the results. Investors and interested parties can access the webcast through the AMD Investor Relations website at ir.amd.com.
AMD announced that AMD Ryzen AI PRO processors will power new Dell Pro devices, marking their first collaboration on commercial Dell devices. The announcement was made ahead of CES 2025. The third-generation Ryzen AI PRO processors are designed to enhance business productivity with features like live captioning and language translation in conference calls, along with advanced AI image generators.
The processors combine CPU, GPU, and NPU capabilities to deliver exceptional battery life, on-device AI processing, and Copilot+ experiences. These new processors offer security and manageability features through AMD PRO Technologies, aimed at streamlining IT operations and ensuring business ROI. The collaboration extends AMD and Dell's existing partnership, which includes AMD Threadripper PRO processors in workstations and EPYC CPUs in Dell PowerEdge servers.
AMD has announced new gaming products at CES 2025, expanding its leadership across desktop, mobile, and handheld gaming segments. The company unveiled the Ryzen 9950X3D and 9900X3D desktop processors, featuring up to 16 cores and enhanced 3D V-Cache technology, expected to launch in Q1 2025.
The new Ryzen Z2 Series processors for handheld gaming devices offer up to 8 'Zen 5' CPU cores and RDNA 3.5 architecture, promising console-class gaming experiences. Additionally, AMD introduced the Ryzen 9000HX Series mobile processors, including the flagship Ryzen 9955HX3D with 16 cores and 32 threads, targeted at high-performance gaming laptops.
Major OEM partners including Acer, ASUS, and Lenovo have committed to launching new gaming systems powered by these AMD processors, with products expected to hit shelves in the first half of 2025.
AMD has unveiled new processors ahead of CES 2025, expanding its AI PC portfolio with three main series: Ryzen AI Max, Ryzen AI 300, and Ryzen 200, along with their PRO variants for business users.
The flagship Ryzen AI Max Series features up to 16 'Zen 5' CPU cores, 40 RDNA 3.5 graphics compute units, and an XDNA 2 Neural Processing Unit delivering up to 50 TOPS of AI processing. These processors support up to 128GB of unified memory and will be available in Q1 2025.
The Ryzen AI 300 Series includes new Ryzen AI 7 and Ryzen AI 5 models with up to 8 'Zen 5' cores and RDNA 3.5 graphics, offering five times better performance than first-generation NPUs. The Ryzen 200 Series, based on 'Zen 4' architecture, will launch in Q2 2025 with up to 8 cores and 16 NPU TOPS.
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