Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Accelerates AI Development: New ROCm Software Enhances GPU Performance

We recently published a list of 15 AI News Updates Wall Street Is Monitoring. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) stands against other AI news updates that Wall Street is monitoring.

AI companies in the United States, many of whom have extensive business relations in China, are waiting anxiously for President-elect Donald Trump to assume office and announce possible changes to American policies towards China that will provide greater clarity on future US trade with the Asian country. Top executives from US-based firms were in China recently to meet with Chinese business leaders amid rumors of a massive spike in tariffs on goods being imported to Washington from Beijing. Latest reports from news platform Axios contend that Donald Trump is considering the appointment of an AI czar in the White House to coordinate federal policy and governmental use of artificial intelligence

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Per the report, billionaire Elon Musk, who has publicly backed Trump during the 2024 election and is rumored to have a key influence over the President-elect on AI policy, will not be the AI czar. However, the report adds that Musk is nevertheless expected to be involved in shaping the future of the debate and use cases related to AI. xAI, the AI startup Musk founded in 2023, recently raised $5 billion in a funding round. The latest round of funding brought the valuation of the startup to over $50 billion. xAI is competing with OpenAI, the ChatGPT maker with a valuation of more than $157 billion.

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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) Accelerates AI Development: New ROCm Software Enhances GPU Performance

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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD)

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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) operates as a semiconductor manufacturer. On November 26, telecom news platform Capacity reported that the chipmaker had released the latest version of its ROCm software stack for GPUs, adding tools to cut down AI development times. The report underlined that Version 6.3 of the open source software stack aims to provide better performance and scalability for AI and high-performance computing workloads on AMD Instinct GPUs, like the new MI325X.

Overall, AMD ranks 7th on our list of AI news updates Wall Street is monitoring. While we acknowledge the potential of AMD as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns, and doing so within a shorter time frame. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than AMD but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock.

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