Amazon Moves to Sell Its AI Chips to Rival Data Centers, Eyes $50B Market
TechCrunch AI39 days agoBusinessAWS is exploring selling its proprietary AI chips directly to third-party data centers, a move that would put Amazon in more direct competition with Nvidia in the AI hardware market. CEO Andy Jassy has publicly framed this as a $50 billion business opportunity for the company. The shift signals Amazon's intent to monetize its in-house chip development well beyond its own cloud infrastructure.
From $2 to $760B: The Two Strategic Bets That Fueled Lisa Su's AMD Turnaround
INSIDE 硬塞 AI64 days agoBusinessWhen Lisa Su became AMD's CEO in 2014, the company was near bankruptcy with a $2 stock price. She turned it around through two critical bets: transitioning advanced manufacturing entirely to TSMC, and pioneering the modular "Chiplet" architecture. These strategic moves allowed AMD to leapfrog Intel in performance and efficiency, driving its market cap past $760 billion.
I Tried Amazon’s Bee Wearable and Am Both Intrigued and Slightly Creeped Out
TechCrunch AI64 days agoHardwareTechCrunch reviewed Amazon's new "Bee" AI wearable, highlighting its potential for seamless ambient computing. While the device offers impressive convenience by constantly listening and assisting, it also triggers significant privacy concerns. Like previous AI pins and pendants, Bee forces users to balance the benefits of an always-on assistant against the anxiety of constant surveillance.