At Computex 2025 in Taiwan, AMD made its most aggressive play yet to position itself as a top-tier force in AI, both in the data center and at the endpoint.
With sweeping product announcements across GPUs, CPUs, and AI PCs, AMD is signaling that its transformation from a high-performance computing stalwart to a full-spectrum AI leader is well underway.
The company’s vision is clear: dominate at every layer of the AI stack — from gaming and client devices to professional workstations and hyperscale AI training platforms.
Two-Pronged AI Offensive: Cloud to Client
AMD’s message focused on one key idea: the future of AI will not be exclusively in the cloud. A hybrid approach, spanning data centers, local workstations, and AI-powered PCs, will define the next decade of compute.
On the cloud and AI data center front, AMD leaned heavily on its EPYC and Instinct product lines, which continue to serve hyperscalers like Meta and Netflix.
However, the breakout spotlight fell on the new Radeon AI PRO R9700, a workstation GPU designed to bring high-performance AI processing to the edge. With 32GB of VRAM, PCIe Gen 5 support, and up to 4x higher AI accelerator throughput than its predecessor, the R9700 aims to power everything from local LLM fine-tuning to real-time video generation.
The Radeon AI PRO R9700 aligns with AMD’s push to enable AI workloads where data is most sensitive, or latency is most critical. It isn’t just a spec bump — it’s a declaration that AMD intends to make edge-based AI a mainstream part of the developer stack.
On the client side, AMD revealed its Ryzen AI 300 Series and accompanying Ryzen AI Pro chips, headlined by the Ryzen AI Max, which AMD claims outperforms Apple’s M4 Pro by 15%. With up to 50 TOPS of NPU performance and dedicated hardware for vision, audio, and language processing, these chips aim to cement AMD’s position as the top silicon vendor for the exploding AI PC category.
AI Ecosystem Strategy Powered by Partnerships
AMD underscored its platform approach through deep partnerships with Lenovo, Asus, and TSMC:
- Lenovo is incorporating AMD’s Ryzen AI processors across its ThinkPad, ThinkBook, and Yoga product lines, pushing AI into the enterprise and creator segments.
- Asus showcased four new Expert P Series PCs built with Ryzen AI PRO 300 chips, featuring enterprise-class security and management tools.
- TSMC, one of AMD’s closest strategic partners, praised the battery life and AI performance of AMD-powered Asus laptops deployed across its global operations, validating AMD’s claims about power efficiency and real-world productivity gains.
These collaborations weren’t token mentions; they represent focal points of AMD’s proof that its ecosystem is rallying around AI, not just as a feature but as a core computing model.
AI-Driven Gaming: AMD’s New Focus
While AI took the lead, AMD also reinforced its gaming dominance. The newly introduced Radeon RX 9060 XT delivers top-tier 1440p gaming performance for under $350 and features 16GB of VRAM with 821 TOPS of AI compute. The RX 9060 XT is an AI-first gaming GPU that demonstrates how machine learning can enhance upscaling, frame generation, and ray tracing without relying on brute-force rendering.