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United States chipmaker AMD will supply artificial intelligence chips to OpenAI in a multi-year agreement that could generate tens of billions of dollars in annual revenue and give the ChatGPT maker the option to acquire up to 10% of the company.
Shares of AMD surged more than 34% on Monday following the announcement, marking their biggest one-day gain in over nine years and adding roughly $80 billion to the company’s market value.
The deal underscores the AI sector’s soaring demand for computing power as companies race to develop systems that match or surpass human intelligence.
“We view this deal as transformative — not just for AMD, but for the industry’s dynamics,” said Forrest Norrod, AMD’s executive vice president.
The agreement deepens ties between OpenAI and one of Nvidia’s key rivals, following Nvidia’s own major investments in the company.
Analysts say the move is a strong vote of confidence in AMD’s chips and software, though it is unlikely to threaten Nvidia’s market dominance.
AMD expects the partnership to bring in tens of billions annually and more than $100 billion in new revenue over four years from OpenAI and other clients. The company is forecast to post $32.78 billion in revenue this year, compared with Nvidia’s projected $206.26 billion.
“AMD has really trailed Nvidia for quite some time, so this helps validate their technology,” said Leah Bennett, chief investment strategist at Concurrent Asset Management. Nvidia shares slipped over 1% after the news.
The Saudi-led coalition said early Thursday that it intercepted and destroyed a drone over Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province.
Yemen’s Houthis have claimed responsibility for the recent drone and missile strikes on Saudi Aramco facilities in Dhahran and Riyadh and at King Khalid International Airport in Saudi Arabia, vowing to carry out more attacks in the coming days.
The U.S. has banned government employees working in Saudi Arabia from using airports in the country without special authorisation. It comes after a deadly Houthi strike on Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport killed at least 13 people last week.
Ukraine's soldiers have had their access to Starlink satellite internet restricted. Kyiv's troops use the terminals, made by Elon Musk's SpaceX, to pilot drones. A source in Ukraine's Defence Ministry said the restrictions would make it harder for Kyiv's army to down Russian drones.
Ukraine is set to restart attacks on Russian oil refineries following a two-day pause, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, amid growing tensions with Washington over energy strikes and U.S. military support.
Satellite restrictions affecting Ukraine's military have put SpaceX's Starshield network under scrutiny, raising questions about who controls the technology and who can restrict its use during wartime.
More than three centuries after the dodo disappeared from Mauritius, efforts to bring the iconic bird back from extinction are taking a new step forward.
Hackers forced the temperature of fridges and freezers in hundreds of French supermarkets up to 50 degrees Celsius overnight, causing fires and food losses in what the Paris Prosecutor’s Office described as a “large-scale” attack.
A software engineer employed by OpenAI has been arrested and charged by U.S. authorities after investigators alleged he secretly placed a concealed recording device inside an executive conference room at the artificial intelligence company.
NASA's Perseverance rover has set a new driving record on Mars, travelling 45.2 kilometres since landing in 2021 and surpassing every other robotic vehicle to explore a world beyond Earth, the U.S. space agency said on Tuesday.
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