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  • AWS News Blog: New general-purpose Amazon EC2 M8a instances are now available

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    Source URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-general-purpose-amazon-ec2-m8a-instances-are-now-available/ Source: AWS News Blog Title: New general-purpose Amazon EC2 M8a instances are now available Feedly Summary: Amazon EC2 has launched new M8a instances powered by 5th Generation AMD EPYC processors, offering up to 30% better performance and 19% better price performance compared to M7a instances, along with improved memory bandwidth, networking, and…

  • Docker: Unlocking Local AI on Any GPU: Docker Model Runner Now with Vulkan Support

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    Source URL: https://www.docker.com/blog/docker-model-runner-vulkan-gpu-support/ Source: Docker Title: Unlocking Local AI on Any GPU: Docker Model Runner Now with Vulkan Support Feedly Summary: Running large language models (LLMs) on your local machine is one of the most exciting frontiers in AI development. At Docker, our goal is to make this process as simple and accessible as possible.…

  • Slashdot: OpenAI’s Computing Deals Top $1 Trillion

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/10/07/1556256/openais-computing-deals-top-1-trillion?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: OpenAI’s Computing Deals Top $1 Trillion Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: OpenAI’s recent agreements for $1 trillion in computing power signal a significant investment in AI infrastructure, raising concerns about its financial sustainability. The large-scale deals with major tech companies underscore the critical demand for substantial…

  • The Register: OpenAI and AMD link arms for AI buildout: It’s a power-for-equity swap

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/06/openai_and_amd_join_forces/ Source: The Register Title: OpenAI and AMD link arms for AI buildout: It’s a power-for-equity swap Feedly Summary: 6GW chip pact sends AMD stock soaring, Nvidia has a rival for Altman biz love AMD and OpenAI have forged a 6 gigawatt agreement to power OpenAI’s AI infrastructure across multiple generations of AMD…

  • Slashdot: OpenAI and AMD Strike Multibillion-Dollar Chip Partnership

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/10/06/141218/openai-and-amd-strike-multibillion-dollar-chip-partnership?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: OpenAI and AMD Strike Multibillion-Dollar Chip Partnership Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: OpenAI and AMD’s collaboration focuses on extensive acquisitions of AMD’s AI processors, signaling a significant shift in the AI hardware landscape. This multibillion-dollar partnership is poised to challenge Nvidia’s market dominance in AI semiconductors,…

  • OpenAI : AMD and OpenAI announce strategic partnership to deploy 6 gigawatts of AMD GPUs

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    Source URL: https://openai.com/index/openai-amd-strategic-partnership Source: OpenAI Title: AMD and OpenAI announce strategic partnership to deploy 6 gigawatts of AMD GPUs Feedly Summary: AMD and OpenAI have announced a multi-year partnership to deploy 6 gigawatts of AMD Instinct GPUs, beginning with 1 gigawatt in 2026, to power OpenAI’s next-generation AI infrastructure and accelerate global AI innovation. AI…

  • Slashdot: Microsoft’s CTO Hopes to Swap Most AMD and NVIDIA GPUs for In-House Chips

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    Source URL: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/10/04/2142243/microsofts-cto-hopes-to-swap-most-amd-and-nvidia-gpus-for-in-house-chips?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Microsoft’s CTO Hopes to Swap Most AMD and NVIDIA GPUs for In-House Chips Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Microsoft is transitioning its AI workloads from traditional GPUs to its proprietary accelerators to enhance cost efficiency in its datacenters. This move exemplifies a trend towards customized hardware…

  • The Register: Microsoft CTO says he wants to swap most AMD and Nvidia GPUs for homemade chips

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/02/microsoft_maia_dc/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft CTO says he wants to swap most AMD and Nvidia GPUs for homemade chips Feedly Summary: Pivot will hinge on success of next-gen Maia accelerator Microsoft buys a lot of GPUs from both Nvidia and AMD. But moving forward, Redmond’s leaders want to shift the majority of…

  • Slashdot: Intel and AMD Trusted Enclaves, a Foundation For Network Security, Fall To Physical Attacks

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/10/01/229239/intel-and-amd-trusted-enclaves-a-foundation-for-network-security-fall-to-physical-attacks?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Intel and AMD Trusted Enclaves, a Foundation For Network Security, Fall To Physical Attacks Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Researchers have introduced two significant hardware attacks, Battering RAM and Wiretap, that compromise Intel SGX and AMD SEV-SNP trusted enclaves. These attacks exploit flaws in deterministic encryption…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: CompileBench: Can AI Compile 22-year-old Code?

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/22/compilebench/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: CompileBench: Can AI Compile 22-year-old Code? Feedly Summary: CompileBench: Can AI Compile 22-year-old Code? Interesting new LLM benchmark from Piotr Grabowski and Piotr Migdał: how well can different models handle compilation challenges such as cross-compiling gucr for ARM64 architecture? This is one of my favorite applications of…