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Amazon.com revealed a state-of-the-art artificial intelligence chip for its cloud computing service. This move intensifies the fierce competition with Microsoft as both tech giants aim to dominate the rapidly expanding artificial intelligence market.
Trainium2 Offers Remarkable Speed and Energy Efficiency
During a conference held in Las Vegas, Chief Executive of Amazon Web Services (AWS), Adam Selipsky, introduced Trainium2, the latest chip generation developed specifically for AI system training. Reuters reported that Selipsky proudly declared that Trainium2 operates four times faster than its predecessor while being twice as energy efficient.
Competition Grows Stronger with Microsoft and Google
This strategic launch by AWS comes in response to Microsoft's recent announcement of its own AI chip, known as Maia, according to SRN News. Amazon's Trainium2 chip will also directly compete with Alphabet's Google, whose Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) has been available to cloud computing customers since 2018.
Selipsky announced that AWS plans to make the new training chips available to customers starting next year. The increasing demand for computing power to develop technologies like large language models, which serve as the foundation for services like ChatGPT, has triggered a race among cloud computing providers to offer custom chips.
While Nvidia remains the leading provider of AI chips, its products have been in short supply for the past year. In response, AWS also disclosed that it will offer Nvidia's latest chips on its cloud service, aiming to supplement the rapidly growing market demand.
Moreover, Selipsky gratifyingly announced Graviton4, the fourth custom central processor chip to be released by AWS. He stated that this new chip boasts a staggering 30% increase in speed compared to its predecessor. Microsoft recently introduced its custom chip, Cobalt, designed to rival Amazon's Graviton series.
AWS and Microsoft have turned to technology from Arm Ltd for their chip development, marking a notable shift away from Intel and Advanced Micro Devices in cloud computing. Joining in this trend is Oracle, which has chosen chips from startup Ampere Computing for its cloud service.
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