At OCP 2026, AMD CEO Lisa Su highlighted open infrastructure for the future of AI. At the event, AMD emphasized supporting next-generation AI compute buildout with open architectures.
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AMD announced it will acquire World Labs in an all-stock deal worth about $8.2 billion. World Labs, founded by Fei-Fei Li, focuses on spatial intelligence models and robotic learning and simulation technologies. The deal is expected to close by the end of 2026, after which Fei-Fei Li will become AMD's executive vice president and chief scientist, reporting to Lisa Su, with the team continuing its AI model research.
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TrendForce's weekly radar focuses on server CPUs: agentic AI has pushed lead times to 25–30 weeks, well above the balanced level of 16–20 weeks. Meta's AI agent Muse reportedly surpassed ChatGPT in downloads early after launch, driving AMD's market cap past $1 trillion for the first time, and at Connect 2026 Meta unveiled the Meta Charm handheld device powered by Muse.
AMD announced a definitive agreement to acquire World Labs in an all-stock deal valued at approximately $8.2 billion, expected to close by the end of 2026, subject to regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions. Founded by Fei-Fei Li and headquartered in San Francisco, World Labs develops spatial intelligence models that generate, reconstruct, and simulate interactive 3D environments from text, image, and video inputs, as well as robot learning and simulation technology.
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During LEAP 2026, AMD announced that AI infrastructure built with Cisco and HUMAIN, based on AMD Instinct MI355X GPUs, EPYC CPUs and Cisco networking equipment, is now in production service, with plans to add up to 250 megawatts starting from 2027 and the joint venture on track to reach up to 1 gigawatt by 2030.
AMD and the University of Delhi announced a collaboration to jointly develop AI talent in India. The partnership aims to channel skilled professionals into India's AI sector; the specific forms and scale of the collaboration were not disclosed in the original article.
AMD, Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) and the Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO) announced the launch of an ecosystem program offering developers and startups open software tools, training and community programs. The first workshop was held at LEAP 2026, introducing the AMD AI Developer Program, the AMD ROCm open software ecosystem and the DCO's AI ethics and responsible governance training courses. Going forward, the DCO will work with AMD and member states to explore expanding AI capacity building and knowledge sharing.
Through its Learning Labs program, AMD gives students hands-on opportunities to learn technology, including coding, digital media, PC assembly and 3D printing. From 2020 to 2025, AMD donated technology to more than 800 universities, research institutions and nonprofits, reaching about 104.8 million people, and in 2025 committed $150 million to expand AI education in the US.
AMD announced on August 19, 2026 the appointment of Tim Ryan to its board of directors, effective the same day. Ryan currently leads Technology and Business Enablement at Citi, and previously spent more than three decades at PwC, serving as US Chairman and Senior Partner from 2016 to 2024.
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Mexico's Ministry of Science, Humanities, Technology and Innovation (Secihti) has signed a memorandum of understanding with AMD aimed at building a national innovation ecosystem spanning AI, high-performance computing and semiconductors. The two sides will coordinate academic activities, seminars and training programs to develop skilled talent. The partnership will also support projects such as the Coatlicue supercomputer and national HPC and AI clusters, strengthening Mexico's research infrastructure and technological sovereignty.
AMD released its 2025-26 Corporate Responsibility Report, reviewing progress on 2020-2025 goals and looking ahead to 2030. From 2020 to 2025, renewable electricity rose from 22% to 58%, operational greenhouse gas emissions fell 30%, AI training and high-performance computing node energy efficiency improved 38x, and AMD systems on the Green500 list grew from 11 to 194; new targets include a 20x improvement in rack-scale AI energy efficiency from 2024 to 2030.
AMD signed a memorandum of understanding with the University of Oxford to support the Oxford-led British Open-ended Learning and Discovery (BOLD) Lab in open academic frontier AI research; BOLD brings together researchers from Oxford, UCL, and Imperial College.
AMD announced on August 6 that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Taalas, a Toronto-based specialized AI inference chip company. Founded in 2023, Taalas develops technology that reduces the compute and memory bottlenecks of general-purpose architectures by optimizing inference data flow; AMD plans to integrate the technology into its accelerator roadmap and develop system-level solutions alongside AMD Instinct GPUs. The deal remains subject to regulatory approval.
On August 6, AMD announced a definitive agreement to acquire Taalas, a Toronto-based company founded in 2023 focused on dedicated AI inference chips. Taalas' technology optimizes inference data flow to reduce the compute and memory bottlenecks of general-purpose architectures; AMD plans to integrate it into its accelerator roadmap, co-develop system-level solutions with AMD Instinct GPUs, and fold it into its full-stack AI platform spanning the Helios rack solution, EPYC CPUs, and ROCm software.
AMD and Anthropic announced a strategic partnership under which Anthropic will deploy up to 2GW of AMD Instinct MI450 series GPUs (including MI455X, paired with EPYC "Venice" CPUs, Pensando networking, and ROCm) in AMD Helios rackscale solutions, with the first 1GW starting deployment in the first half of 2027.
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