Intel to build custom AI and Xeon 6 chips for Amazon AWS

Intel and Amazon have reached a collaboration agreement under which both companies will jointly invest in the development of custom chips for the AWS server services of the online retail giant. The agreement will be in effect for several years and will involve an investment of “billions of dollars.”

In return, new custom processors tailored to the needs of Amazon AWS servers will emerge. There will be a custom chip based on the new ones Intel Xeon 6also known by the code name “Granite Rapids” and manufactured on the Intel 3.

In addition, a new AI acceleration chip manufactured at Intel facilities using the process will also emerge Intel A18 (remember that the company has suspended the development of Intel A20 to focus on this new node).

The manufacturing of these chips will take place in the United States, with a focus on investment in Ohio, where Amazon plans to invest $7.8 billion to expand its operations center, adding to the $10.3 billion it had already previously invested in that state.

Both companies They will also collaborate to create chips for future nodes such as the Intel 18AP and the Intel 14A.

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