AMD Announces £2 Billion AI Infrastructure Investment in the UK, Deploys the World’s First All-Photonic Network AI System

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AMD has announced a £2 billion investment in AI infrastructure in the UK, focusing on national supercomputing and university research. The company is deploying the world’s first all-photonic network AI system in collaboration with Oriole Networks, as part of the UK’s ARIA Inference Expansion Lab. The system combines AMD Instinct GPUs and EPYC CPUs with Oriole’s PRISM platform, reducing energy consumption by 81% and cutting GPU idle time to under 1%. This infrastructure upgrade represents a significant milestone in AI and crypto news, demonstrating how advanced technology can enable next-generation computing.

According to Tech Funding News, AMD CEO Lisa Su announced at London Tech Week that the company will invest up to £2 billion in UK AI infrastructure over the next five years, encompassing the development of national supercomputing infrastructure and university research collaborations. Meanwhile, AMD is partnering with Oriole Networks, a startup spun out from UCL London, to deploy the world’s first large-scale all-photonic network AI system under the UK government’s £50 million ARIA Inference Scaling Lab initiative. The system combines Oriole’s PRISM photonic network platform with AMD Instinct GPUs and EPYC CPUs, eliminating electronic switches from the core network and reducing core network energy consumption by 81%, while cutting GPU idle time from 60% to below 1%.

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