Tom’s Guide reports that while Intel Xeon processors have traditionally powered a lot of servers, AMD’s EPYC lineup is gaining ground. That manifests in $3.5 billion for AMD‘s datacenter segment in Q3, where Intel’s was about $3.3 billion (That’s down from $5-6 billion a couple of years ago).

AMD has made significant strides in AI. Last week, it announced that its first 1-billion parameter large language models are performing exceptionally well. In addition, the U.S. is pushing for AMD and Intel to merge,

AMD attributes its data center sales growth to its Epyc processor sales, naturally, but it also points to the AMD Instinct GPU as a growth driver. As we noted last month, AMD’s new Instinct MI325X GPU accelerator is a beast.

Recently reports have emerged that the Biden administration has proposed a controversial plan to bolster Intel by merging its chip design division with AMD's corresponding departments. While both companies have established collaborative foundations,