AMD's Ryzen AI Max chips came as a huge surprise at CES 2025. They're basically super-powered versions of the company's Ryzen AI hardware with up to 16 CPU cores and 50 RDNA 3.5 graphics cores, alongside a pool of as much as 128GB integrated RAM.

AMD announced its Ryzen AI Max processors at CES, ushering in a new series of AMD-based AI PCs and laptops. The chipmaker also unveiled low- and midrange CPUs with AI capabilities, ensuring that buyers with different budgets have a chance to snag an AI PC.

AMD has unveiled its ambitious plan to cater to a wide range of AI-powered PCs at CES 2025, introducing the new Ryzen AI Max chips for high-end “halo” Copilot+ AI PCs. Positioned above the existing Ryzen AI 9 systems,

President Joe Biden’s administration plans one additional round of restrictions on the export of artificial intelligence chips from the likes of Nvidia Corp. just days before leaving office, a final push in his effort to keep advanced technologies out of the hands of China and Russia.

The Biden administration reportedly will impose even-tighter curbs on Nvidia and AMD AI chip exports. Nvidia stock fell slightly.

Chip maker AMD is investing $20 million in AI drug startup Absci, which will use AMD chips and software for drug development.

The $20 million deal gives the chip supplier a toehold in the life-sciences market, a strategy it plans to replicate in other industries.

Key Takeaways Advanced Micro Devices shares fell Wednesday after a double downgrade by analysts at HSBC to "reduce" from "buy."The firm cut its forecast for AMD's artificial intelligence chip revenue in 2025 and said an upcoming chip from the company is unlikely to compete with Nvidia's offerings.

HSBC analysts on Wednesday downgraded AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) stock to Reduce from Buy, and nearly halved their price target to $110 from $200, citing a less competitive AI GPU roadmap. The analysts believe that AMD's ability to