AMD and Baidu Join Forces to Advance GPU Computing in the Datacenter with Radeon Instinct MI Series

BEIJING, Aug. 28, 2017 -- AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) and Baidu announced a collaboration focused on optimizing software for AMD Radeon Instinct™ GPUs in Baidu datacenters.

"AMD is the only company with the capability to deliver both the high-performance GPUs and CPUs required to power the next generation of cloud datacenters," said Forrest Norrod, senior vice president and general manager, Enterprise, Embedded and Semi-Custom, AMD. “Together, AMD and Baidu will leverage the two companies’ world-class technology and software engineering capabilities to create a comprehensive and open ecosystem to address the growing demand for datacenter workloads and provide more intelligent human-computer interaction.”

"As the world's leading AI technology company and datacenter technology leader, Baidu has always embraced innovation and creative solutions. In July, Baidu announced a complete open AI  strategy, launching the conversational-based DuerOS and Apollo autonomous driving open platforms at the inaugural Baidu Create AI Developer Conference. With open minds and win-win thinking, Baidu and industry partners work together to create a prosperous worldwide AI ecosystem to 'let everyone get more’,” said Liu Chao, senior director at Baidu’s System Technologies Department. “We are delighted to work with AMD to introduce AMD Radeon Instinct products into our datacenter and AI program, to build a more flexible and powerful computing platform that empowers AI products and accelerates the development of the global industry."

Radeon Instinct Powers Next Era of Heterogeneous Compute
AMD recently launched its Radeon Instinct™ MI25, MI8, and MI6 accelerators. Together with AMD’s open ROCm 1.6 software platform, including the optimized MIOpen framework libraries, this new offering has the capability to dramatically increase performance, efficiency and ease of implementation of deep learning, inference and training workloads. These accelerators are designed to address a wide range of machine intelligence applications for systems used in academics, life science, financial, automotive and other commercial industries. More details can be found here.

About AMD
For more than 45 years, AMD has driven innovation in high-performance computing, graphics and visualization technologies ― the building blocks for gaming, immersive platforms and the datacenter. Hundreds of millions of consumers, leading Fortune 500 businesses and cutting-edge scientific research facilities around the world rely on AMD technology daily to improve how they live, work and play. AMD employees around the world are focused on building great products that push the boundaries of what is possible. For more information about how AMD is enabling today and inspiring tomorrow, visit the AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) website, blog, and Facebook and Twitter pages.

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