IBM and AMD collaborate on AI and Confidential Computing
Summary
IBM and AMD has announced a multi-year joint development agreement to enhance and extend the security and Artificial Intelligence (AI) offerings of both companies. The joint development agreement will expand this vision by building upon open-source software, open standards, and open system architectures to drive Confidential Computing in hybrid cloud environments and support a broad range of accelerators across High-Performance Computing (HPC), and enterprise critical capabilities such as virtualisation and encryption. "The commitment of AMD to technological innovation aligns with our mission to develop and accelerate the adoption of the hybrid cloud to help connect, secure and power our digital world," said Dario Gil, Director of IBM Research. "IBM is focused on giving our clients choice, agility and security in our hybrid cloud offerings through advanced research, development and scaling of new technologies." "AMD is excited to extend our work with IBM on AI, accelerating data centre workloads, and improving security across the cloud."