AMD is set to enhance its OpenAI capabilities with the acquisition of Nod.ai.
This move will enhance AI integration across AMD's products including its instinct datacentre accelerators, Ryzen AI processors, EPYC processors, Versal SoCs and Radeon GPUs to AMD.
The agreement aligns with the company's AI strategy, focusing on an open software ecosystem that simplifies customer entry with developer tools, libraries and models.
“The acquisition of Nod.ai is expected to significantly enhance our ability to provide AI customers with open software that allows them to easily deploy highly performant AI models tuned for AMD hardware,” said Vamsi Boppana, SVP, Artificial Intelligence Group at AMD.
“The addition of the talented Nod.ai team accelerates our ability to advance open-source compiler technology and enable portable, high-performance AI solutions across the AMD product portfolio.”
Anush Elangovan, co-founder and CEO, Nod.ai, added: “By joining forces with AMD, we will bring this expertise to a broader range of customers on a global scale.”