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AMD’s fifth-generation EPYC server processors will support Google Cloud’s TPU 8tx, a new AI system with hardware-based confidential computing, according to a GuruFocus report carried by Yahoo Finance UK.
Why it mattersThe processors will handle data preparation and other supporting computing tasks alongside Google’s own AI accelerators. The report says the system is designed to protect sensitive information, including AI models and customer data, while workloads are being processed. The deal’s financial value and expected chip volumes were not disclosed. Still, it shows AMD can supply the computing around custom AI accelerators, not only compete to make the accelerators themselves.
Discuss: As cloud companies build their own AI accelerators, will supplying the supporting CPUs become as valuable to chipmakers as winning the accelerator slot?
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