AMD Turns 55: From Humble Beginnings To One Of The Largest Tech Powerhouses

AMD is celebrating its 55th anniversary, marking the iconic period during which the firm grew from a microprocessor supplier to a dominant player in the PC and client industry.

Team Red is seen as one of the biggest marvels of the tech markets, and we can't even debate how the company managed to grow itself to a whopping $240 billion powerhouse. Not only did AMD revolutionize the personal computing segment through its Zen processor architecture, but with the debut of the Radeon graphics lineup, the company became a leading figure in the markets.

Moving its way into the highs and lows of the industry, AMD gained significant traction with the advent of the AI hype, penetrating deep into the markets with its Instinct lineup of AI accelerators and the famous EPYC processors.

We have the right talent and right products. AMD is uniquely positioned with a broad high performance and AI accelerated portfolio across supercomputing, cloud, edge, embedded, and personal computing. A decade ago, we took a strategic bet on a modular approach to design and delivered industry first x86 CPU and GPU chiplet designs. Last year at our Advancing AI event we were joined by the world's leading hyperscalers and OEMs as we debuted the AMD Instinct MI300 Series accelerators, featuring chips stacked both horizontally and vertically, delivering leadership AI inferencing at scale and competitive large language model training and competition to this rapidly growing market. Our growth hasn’t come overnight. AMD technology powers the daily lives of billions of people around the world, and in the last five years we’ve expanded the number of markets we serve.

Our technologies underpin 30% of the world’s servers and 140 of the Top500 supercomputers in the world, including eight of the top 10 most energy-efficient supercomputers, which are currently in use by researchers to solve some of the world’s most critical challenges from cancer to climate research and much more. Our embedded solutions are enabling the future of robotic-assisted surgery, the next generation of vehicles from top car manufacturers, the next wave of telecommunications in 5G and beyond, and incredible discoveries aboard the Mars Rover. AMD also leads in gaming consoles, and was first to market in AI PCs, with millions shipped to date.

Data centers will keep enabling new AI experiences at scale, but PCs will also let users interact with AI every day. We’re witnessing a significant growth of local AI applications for both personal and business purposes. With this increase of local AI comes a higher demand for incorporating AI engines in client and end devices. We were the first company to bring AI to PCs over a year ago by integrating a dedicated neural processing unit (NPU) on an x86 processor. These dedicated AI engines handle local AI applications efficiently, offering better performance and battery life in popular devices like ultrathin laptops. We have exciting announcements at Computex this June.

We don’t believe the next five years of advancement will be realized by a single company, product, or vision. The future of technology will be born from open ecosystems and deep industry partnerships that drive true innovation. We’re in a unique position to power increased demand for AI compute based on our broad portfolio of compute engines, deep relationships with customers across a diverse set of markets, and open software capabilities. We have a strong foundation of data center products and customer collaboration across cloud and enterprise, and leadership products for AI PCs.

Loved by all and hated by none, AMD is on a path of a technological revolution, and under the leadership of Lisa Su, they plan on taking the markets to new heights, especially with what they have planned for both consumer and clientele markets. We at Wccftech congratulate AMD for its 55th anniversary and look forward to what the firm contributes to the industry's future. Tune in next month to see what the company has in stores for the next-generation of AI PCs.