AMD (AMD) says Microsoft's Azure (MSFT) is to add two new VMs powered by 6th-gen AMD EPYC 'Venice' processors

AMD's partnership with Microsoft to integrate its new 6th-gen EPYC processors into Azure's AI services signals a strategic enhancement in cloud performance and AI capabilities.

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IRGC says it attacked on the drone maintenance and repair sheds of the US units stationed at Al-Sakhir Airport in Bahrain, which resulted in their destruction, Fars reports

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QumulusAI (QMLS) purchases 1,632 Nvidia (NVDA) Blackwell B300 GPUs amid strong customer demand

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AMD (AMD) says Microsoft's Azure (MSFT) is to add two new VMs powered by 6th-gen AMD EPYC 'Venice' processors

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Nvidia-backed (NVDA) AI startup Harmonic is partnering with the American Institute of Mathematics on a new evaluation process designed by mathematicians, reports Axios

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Interior Ministry says sirens sound again in Bahrain; multiple explosions reported

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Microsoft to ramp AMD Helios at scale on Azure to power frontier model inference for Microsoft, its AI customers and Azure AI services.
Azure will add two new VMs powered by 6th Gen AMD EPYC™ “Venice” processors
Azure deploys AMD Pensando DPUs in AMD AI backend networking infrastructure and select Azure services.
The companies are integrating AMD silicon with Azure Boost to scale cloud networking performance across the fleet.

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This collaboration could bolster AMD's competitive position in the semiconductor space and is likely to drive increased demand for its processors, which may positively impact the stock performance in both companies given the growing importance of cloud infrastructure and AI.

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