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Latest news and developments in artificial intelligence, machine learning, generative AI, and large language models transforming industries across Saudi Arabia and the Middle East.

Calabrio Opens Middle East Cloud with AI-powered Interaction Analytics
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates–(BUSINESS WIRE/AETOSWire)– Calabrio, a longstanding leader in Workforce Management (WFM) solutions in the Middle East, marks a significant milestone in its commitment to the region by introducing AI-Powered Interaction Analytics on a public cloud infrastructure within the region. This offering is intricately designed to cater to the specific requirements of Middle East contact […]

GIGABYTE Demonstrates the Future of Computing with Advanced Cooling and Scaled Data Centers
Server platforms feature next-gen AI processors from NVIDIA (New Taipei City, 15.12.2023) GIGABYTE Technology, (TWSE: 2376): Giga Computing, a subsidiary of GIGABYTE and an industry leader in high-performance servers, server motherboards, and workstations, continues to be a leader in cooling IT hardware efficiently and in developing various server platforms for Arm and x86 processors, as well […]
![## AMD Surges After Rolling Out New AI Chip To Challenge Nvidia [Image of the AMD Instinct MI300X chip] Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has announced the release of its new AI-focused chip, the Instinct MI300X, aimed at challenging Nvidia's dominance in the data center market. This move has sent AMD's stock soaring, reflecting investor confidence in the company's potential to capture a significant share of the rapidly growing AI market. **Nvidia's Dominance in AI Chip Market** Nvidia has long held a dominant position in the market for AI chips, primarily due to its powerful GPUs, which are well-suited for AI workloads. However, AMD has been steadily making progress in recent years, and the release of the Instinct MI300X represents a significant challenge to Nvidia's leadership. **AMD's New AI Chip: A Game Changer?** AMD claims that the Instinct MI300X is the most advanced AI accelerator in the industry, offering performance that surpasses Nvidia's current offering. The chip is based on AMD's CDNA 3 architecture, which is specifically designed for AI workloads. It also features a number of other advanced technologies, such as high-bandwidth memory and a new interconnect technology called Infinity Cache. **Market Potential and Investor Confidence** The AI chip market is expected to grow rapidly in the coming years, driven by the increasing demand for AI applications in a variety of industries. This presents a significant opportunity for AMD to gain market share and challenge Nvidia's dominance. Investors appear to be confident in AMD's potential, as evidenced by the recent surge in the company's stock price. **Analysts' Predictions** Analysts are predicting that AMD could capture a 20% market share in AI chips over time, as customers seek alternatives to Nvidia. This would represent a major shift in the market and could have a significant impact on the competitive landscape. **Implications for the AI Industry** The release of the Instinct MI300X is a major development for the AI industry. It represents a significant step forward for AMD and could lead to increased competition in the AI chip market. This is likely to benefit consumers, as it could lead to lower prices and more innovative products. **Additional Information:** * AMD's official website: [https://www.amd.com/en.html](https://www.amd.com/en.html) * Nvidia's official website: [https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/) * An in-depth analysis of the AI chip market: [https://www.grandviewresearch.com/industry-analysis/artificial-intelligence-chipset-market](https://www.grandviewresearch.com/industry-analysis/artificial-intelligence-chipset-market) **The Future of AI Chips** The future of AI chips is likely to be characterized by increasing competition and innovation. AMD's entry into the market with the Instinct MI300X is a clear sign that the company is serious about challenging Nvidia's dominance. It will be interesting to see how this competition unfolds in the years to come. This article provides a brief overview of AMD's new AI chip and its potential impact on the market. It is important to note that this is a rapidly developing field and there are many factors that could affect the future of AI chips. As such, it is important to stay up-to-date on the latest developments in this field.](/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsaudishopper.com.sa%2Fen%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2023%2F12%2F1213366.jpg_ssict_1200_675.webp&w=1920&q=75)
AMD Surges After Rolling Out New AI Chip To Challenge Nvidia
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has announced the release of its new AI-focused chip, the Instinct MI300X, aimed at challenging Nvidia’s dominance in the data center market. This move has sent AMD’s stock soaring, reflecting investor confidence in the company’s potential to capture a significant share of the rapidly growing AI market. Nvidia’s Dominance in AI […]

Dell Technologies Storage Advancements Accelerate AI and Generative AI Strategies
Dubai, UAE – December 8, 2023 – Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) is helping customers achieve faster AI and generative AI (GenAI) performance with new enterprise data storage advancements and validation with the NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD AI infrastructure. “Storage performance is a critical factor for successful AI and generative AI outcomes,” said Arthur Lewis, president, Infrastructure Solutions Group, Dell Technologies. “Customers […]

Advancing Digital Ecosystems and Ethical AI: Insights from GSMA’s CMO, Lara Dewar
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. December 7, 2023 In a recent interview at the M360 MENA event held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, we spoke with Lara Dewar, Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of GSMA, a global organization representing mobile operators worldwide. With over 20 years of experience in various industries, Lara has shaped GSMA’s communication strategy and fostered […]

Navigating the Future of Technology: Insights from Tang Zhentian at the Telecom Review Leader Summit 2023
On December 6, 2023, at the 17th edition of the Telecom Review Leader Summit, Tang Zhentian, President of Huawei Middle East and Central Asia region Marketing & Solution Sales Department, delivered an insightful speech. His address highlighted the dynamic evolution of technology and the telecommunications industry, focusing on the emerging opportunities in this rapidly changing […]

Vertiv Collaborates with Intel on Liquid Cooled Solution for the Intel® Gaudi®3 AI Accelerator Platform
Intel’s next-generation AI accelerators will be supported by Vertiv™ liquid-cooled data center infrastructure solutions to help organizations accelerate AI adoption while achieving sustainability goals Dubai, UAE [December 6, 2023] – Vertiv (NYSE: VRT), a global provider of critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions, today announced the company is collaborating with Intel (Nasdaq: INTC), an industry leader […]

Winner in AI Solutions for Climate Change Competition Announced at COP28
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 05, 2023 – Huawei has teamed up with multiple UN agencies in helping unlock the potential of AI in bolstering collective response to climate change at the ongoing United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), hosted by the UAE. Jerry Guo, President of Huawei’s Global Technical Services R&D, joined top officials from […]

Algorithmiq demonstrates path to quantum utility with IBM
On stage at the IBM Summit, Algorithmiq unveils unprecedented error mitigation results of a large –scale experiment run on IBM hardware Helsinki, Finland and Yorktown, Virginia December 4, 2023: Algorithmiq, a scaleup developing quantum algorithms to solve the most complex problems in life sciences, has successfully run one of the largest scale error mitigation experiments to […]

Vodafone Business Launches AI-driven SD-LAN Business Service Using Juniper Networks’ Leading Wired and Wireless Access Platforms
New managed services uniquely deliver automation, insight and assurance needed for key enterprise digital transformation and sustainability initiatives NEWBURY, London and SUNNYVALE, Calif., November 30, 2023 – Juniper Networks (NYSE:JNPR), a leader in secure, AI-driven networks, today announced that Vodafone Business is now delivering a new SD-LAN (Software Defined Local Area Networking) managed service built on its […]
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Why AI is Piling Pressure on Creaking IT Infrastructures
Modernisation is key to enabling sustainable and economic growth in intelligent automation Author: Hamad Alkathiri, Senior Systems Engineer, Public Sector – Saudi Arabia at Nutanix It’s been barely a year since the launch of ChatGPT and yet generative AI is now on the lips of most business execs. GenAI has been what Forrester CEO George Colony recently referred to […]

CPX launches groundbreaking AI-powered cyber threat detection service
Unlike conventional Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems, the new service focuses on behavior over time, ensuring more accurate threat detection. Abu Dhabi, UAE – November 28, 2023: CPX Holding, a leading provider of digital-first cybersecurity solutions and services, today announced the launch of its groundbreaking cybersecurity solution —the CPX Intelligent Threat Detection Platform. Developed […]

Saudi Arabia leads adoption of AI in financial services closely followed by UAE, says Finastra global survey
Dubai, UAE and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – November 27, 2023 – Finastra’s annual global survey reveals that despite economic constraints, financial institutions in the UAE and Saudi Arabia are among the global leaders in investment in artificial intelligence (AI), Banking as a Service (BaaS) and embedded finance. The ‘Financial Services: State of the Nation Survey 2023’ finds that […]

Huawei Launches Innovative Smart Airport Solutions for International Markets at Airport Innovates Exhibition in Oman
[Muscat, Oman, November 23, 2023] During the first Airports Innovate Exhibition, which took place from November 20 to 22 in Muscat, Oman, Huawei launched a series of brand-new smart airport solutions for international markets, including the Fully Connected fiber Network Solution and Smart Airport Perimeter Security with Fiber Sensing Solution. These innovative scenario-based solutions will […]

Webex by Cisco Announces AI-Powered Solutions to Empower Contact Center Agent Potential and Reduce Burnout
Dubai, United Arabic Emirates, 22 November 2023: Stress and burnout are common in the workplace, and even more so within contact center employees. In fact, a study found agent turnover is twice that of any other profession and that burnout causes 50% of agent turnover within contact centers. This costs businesses with 100 agents $4.8M each year on average. To combat this, Webex […]

IBM Expands Relationship with AWS to Bring Generative AI Solutions and Dedicated Expertise to Clients
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia , November 21, 2023 –IBM (NYSE: IBM( announced an expansion of its relationship with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help more mutual clients operationalize and derive value from generative artificial intelligence (AI). As part of this, IBM Consulting aims to deepen and expand its generative AI expertise on AWS by training 10,000 consultants by the […]

Parsons Leverages Technical Expertise to Transform Construction Supervision with AI and 360-degree Imagery
Dubai, UAE – 20 November 2023: Parsons Corporation (NYSE:PSN) announced that it has successfully integrated, streamlined, and scaled artificial intelligence (AI) and 360-degree imagery on multiple mega- and giga-projects across the Middle East. Working with SEKTOR.build, the company is leveraging the OpenSpace.ai platform for this initiative, combining the latest in technology with advanced construction supervision technologies to improve efficiency […]

The Gulf Intervention Society Concludes its 5th Annual Conference in Dubai, gathering +1450 participants, including 22 International Speakers.
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia – November 19, 2023 – The Gulf Intervention Society (GIS) recently concluded its fifth annual conference in Dubai, successfully bringing together over 1,450 participants from around the globe. Held from November 16th to 18th, 2023, at the Intercontinental Festival City Hotel, Dubai, the conference focused on cutting-edge international technologies and advancements in cardiac catheterization and […]

Leadership Upheaval at OpenAI: Sam Altman’s Exit and Mira Murati’s Interim CEO Role
In a significant leadership shakeup at OpenAI, Sam Altman, the high-profile CEO and a key figure in the AI industry, has been removed by the company’s board of directors. OpenAI, renowned for its pioneering AI technology and creator of ChatGPT, announced this change in a blog post on Friday. Mira Murati, previously the Chief Technology […]

Dell Technologies and Hugging Face to Simplify Generative AI with On-Premises IT
Hugging Face names Dell Technologies a preferred on-premises infrastructure provider to support enterprise adoption of tailored, open-source generative AI datasets, libraries and models Dubai, UAE – Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) and Hugging Face are collaborating to make it easy for enterprises to create, fine-tune and implement their own open-source generative AI (GenAI) models with the Hugging Face community […]

A New Era of Galaxy AI is Coming — Here’s a Glimpse
Internet at your fingertips. A camera in your pocket. And then, artificial intelligence improving your everyday life. Samsung Galaxy helped democratize internet access and turned cameras into a communication tool we can’t live without. Even as all eyes are on AI, some of its best benefits haven’t come to mobile technology yet. Galaxy is about […]

PROVEN Solution Brings the Power of Artificial Intelligence to Customer Service with the launch of Habot
The no-code Arabic-first conversation AI chatbot to transform customer service across Arabic-speaking countries Dubai, UAE, November 9, 2023 – PROVEN Solution, the leading provider of solutions in cutting-edge technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Robotics and VR/AR, announced the launch of Habot, its innovative no-code Arabic-first conversational AI chatbot, which will transform customer service across Arabic-speaking markets. […]
