AMD announced new AI chips amid intensifying competition with Nvidia and Intel.

AMD on Monday announced new artificial intelligence chips as it seeks to establish itself as a leader amid competition with Nvidia and Intel. During the Computex tech conference in Taipei, chair and CEO Lisa Su stated: "AI is our number one priority and we're at the beginning of an incredibly exciting time for the industry as AI transforms virtually every business, improves our quality of life, and reshapes every part of the computing market." Su unveiled the Ryzen AI 300 series for next-generation AI laptops, which will compete directly with Intel's upcoming Lunar Lake and Qualcomm's Snapdragon X. In partnership with Microsoft, these chips will power laptops equipped with the tech giant's AI chatbot Copilot. Su also revealed the new Ryzen 9000 series for desktops, calling them "the world's fastest consumer PC processors" for gaming and content creation. Both lines are expected to launch in July.

This announcement comes less than two months after AMD's April announcement of new processors designed to run AI workloads—the Ryzen Pro 8040 for laptops and the Ryzen Pro 8000 for desktops. The timing reflects intensifying competition in the chip industry, where firms are racing to launch faster and more powerful processors to stay relevant in the AI race. Nvidia on Sunday unveiled its next generation of AI chips named "Rubin" to succeed the previous "Blackwell" model, which was announced in March. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has pledged to release new AI chip tech every year, faster than the company's previous two-year timeline, and AMD also plans to release new AI chip tech every year.

On Monday, AMD detailed its data center chip roadmap with the Instinct MI325X accelerators—a beefed up version of the MI300 series—planned for availability in the fourth quarter. The Instinct MI350 series, to be built on next-generation architecture, is set to be released in 2025, while the Instinct MI400 series is planned for 2026. Su also previewed the latest fifth-generation EPYC server processors, expected to be launched in the second half of this year to "continue the leadership performance and efficiency of the AMD EPYC processor family." The Ryzen AI 300, Ryzen 9000, and fifth-generation EPYC chips will be built on the latest "Zen 5" architecture. Su stated: "You're gonna see Zen 5 everywhere from supercomputers to data centers and PCs." Like Nvidia, AMD does not manufacture its own chips but instead outsources manufacturing to foundries, primarily to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the world's largest contract chipmaker.