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Amazon spent more on data centres last quarter than AWS earned in revenue, according to a 24 October Motley Fool article framed around Amazon’s prospects in the AI market.
Why it mattersThat comparison is a useful signal of the scale of Amazon’s infrastructure spending, though it does not say by itself whether the investment will pay off. The headline supplies no figures, so the scale of the gap remains unclear.
Discuss: Does this kind of spending look like a necessary bet on AI computing, or a risk if the returns take too long?
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Watch Desk Update What changedAmazon recently launched a software tool that lets its custom Trainium AI chips run code written in what The Motley Fool calls the most popular AI coding language without modification. The article does not name the language, but says the move is intended to make Trainium more competitive with Nvidia’s widely used GPUs.
The Motley Fool reports that Amazon’s AI chip business reached a $25 billion annual revenue run rate in the second quarter. That is a different measure and period from Nvidia’s $96.2 billion in revenue for its fiscal second quarter, or more than $300 billion over the previous four quarters, figures the article cites for comparison.
The article also notes that Amazon continues to buy Nvidia chips, arguing that Trainium is aimed at narrower workloads.
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- Can Amazon Take Market Share From Nvidia in the AI Chip Race? - The Motley Fool: The Motley Fool says Amazon launched a tool allowing its custom Trainium AI chips to run code written in the most popular AI coding language without modification, and reports a $25 billion annual revenue run rate for Amazon’s AI chip business in the second quarter.
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