AMD Announces 'Advancing AI 2025'
SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) announced 'Advancing AI 2025,' an in-person and livestreamed event on June 12, 2025. The industry event will showcase the company's bold vision for AI, announce the next generation of AMD Instinct™ GPUs, AMD ROCm™ open software ecosystem progress, and reveal details on AI solutions for hyperscalers, enterprises, developers, startups and more.
AMD executives and AI ecosystem partners, customers and developers will join Chair and CEO Dr. Lisa Su to discuss how AMD products and software are re-shaping the AI and high-performance computing landscape.
The live stream will start at 9:30 a.m. PT/12:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, June 12 on the AMD YouTube channel.
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