Shares in AMD soared 27% Monday morning, adding nearly $80 billion to the firm's market cap as investors cheered the firm's addition as one of OpenAI's key computing partners.
The AI arms race turned a new page on Monday, as OpenAI and chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) announced that the two have agreed to a new partnership to create new data centers powered by AMD's chips. The deal could also see OpenAI take a roughly 10% stake in AMD.
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The massive deal could mark a major turning point in the AI chip race. Transcript: Caroline Woods: Joining me now, Daniel Newman, CEO of the Futurum Group.
Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) exploded on Monday, October 6, after the company announced a new partnership with OpenAI.
Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ:AMD) stock is up a whopping 26.6% to trade at $208.54 at last glance, amid news that OpenAI will take a 10% stake in the chipmaker.
Shares of AMD increased by more than 30% to around $215 after trading opened Monday, pacing what would be the stock's largest single-day gain since April 2016. AMD headlined a broader rally by the tech-heavy Nasdaq, which ticked up by 0.3%, with rises among Micron (6%), Palantir (4.9%), Intel (4%) and Tesla, whose shares rose 3% after the automaker released teaser footage of what appeared to be a new model.
AMD has signed a multi-year chip supply deal with OpenAI that could generate tens of billions in revenue for the chipmaker, helping accelerate its momentum in the AI industry.
AMD stock jumps 35% following announcement of major deal to supply 6 gigawatts of computing power through graphics processing units for OpenAI.
Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ:AMD, ETR:AMD) shares surged 24% in premarket trading after the chipmaker agreed a deal with OpenAI, where the company behind ChatGPT will buy 160 million of its shares. OpenAI has agreed to deploy up to 6 gigawatts of AMD's AI chips as part of a multi-year partnership aimed at powering its next-generation of infrastructure, the companies said on Monday.
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Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) shares erupted higher in pre-market on Monday after OpenAI confirmed a multi-gigawatt GPU supply deal that could generate over $100 billion in revenue for the chipmaker in just the next four years.