New Delhi, Feb 24 (NationPress) The American semiconductor company AMD has joined forces with the social media powerhouse Meta to establish a groundbreaking multi-year collaboration aimed at developing the next evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure.

As part of this agreement, AMD will provide up to 6 gigawatts of its AMD Instinct GPUs to bolster Meta's growing AI initiatives.

This partnership not only fortifies their current strategic collaboration but also harmonizes their plans across silicon, systems, and software.

The objective is to create AI platforms specifically tailored for Meta's extensive workloads.

The initial rollout will utilize a customized AMD Instinct GPU based on the MI450 architecture.

Shipments for the first one-gigawatt phase are anticipated to commence in the latter half of 2026.

The infrastructure will also feature the 6th Generation AMD EPYC CPUs, codenamed “Venice,” and will operate on AMD's ROCm software platform.

This setup will be founded on the AMD Helios rack-scale architecture, co-developed by AMD and Meta through the Open Compute Project to facilitate scalable AI infrastructure.

Dr. Lisa Su, Chair and CEO of AMD, stated that this joint effort will provide high-performance and energy-efficient solutions tailored to Meta's specifications.

Meta's founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, expressed that the enduring collaboration with AMD will empower the company to deploy more efficient AI computing systems and diversify its infrastructure.

Zuckerberg noted that AMD is poised to be a pivotal partner in the years ahead as Meta continues to make substantial investments in AI.

Moreover, both companies are enhancing their collaboration surrounding AMD EPYC processors.

Meta has already implemented millions of EPYC CPUs as well as significant quantities of AMD Instinct MI300 and MI350 series GPUs across its global data centers.

As AI systems become increasingly intricate, CPUs are essential for managing workloads in conjunction with GPUs.

Meta will be a primary customer for AMD's forthcoming 6th Gen EPYC processors, including “Venice” and “Verano,” which are engineered to deliver impressive performance while enhancing cost and energy efficiency.

Under the terms of this agreement, AMD has granted Meta a performance-based warrant for up to 160 million shares of AMD common stock.

The shares will vest incrementally as shipment milestones are achieved, starting with the initial one-gigawatt deployment and scaling up to six gigawatts.

The vesting is also tied to stock price targets and specific technical and commercial achievements.

Jean Hu, AMD’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, remarked that this partnership is projected to drive significant multi-year revenue growth and enhance the company's long-term financial outlook.