Actions of Advanced Microdevices (NASDAQ:AMD) They are up 51% in the last six months, but the company is poised for accelerated growth over the next year. Artificial intelligence (AI) workloads in data centers are moving from training to inference, where AI can instantly generate responses, images and videos from user input.
AMD has designed its upcoming chips specifically for AI inference, which could drive significant growth for the company.
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AI inference can increase computing costs if chips do not have enough memory to handle the increased data processing. But this is where AMD may have an advantage. It designed its new Venice EPYC processors and MI455 graphics processing units (GPUs) with twice the memory bandwidth specifically for the inference market.
AMD’s design options are already winning over customers. Luma AI runs the majority of its inference workloads on AMD chips and is expected to expand its partnership with AMD in 2026. AMD is also a key partner of OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT, which will use its MI455 GPUs in a large-scale deployment starting in the second half of this year.
These are early indicators that AMD could see substantial growth in the coming years as AI inference becomes the predominant workload in data centers. Wall Street analysts expect AMD’s earnings per share to rise 65% this year.
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