AMD has snapped up Nod.ai as part of a cunning plan to improve its growing AI capabilities using its SHARK product.
The compiler-based automation software capabilities of Nod.ai’s SHARK software is designed to reduce the need for manual optimisation and the time required to deploy AI models to run across a broad portfolio of data centre, edge, and client platforms.
The company says that the deal should enhance the deployment of AI solutions for its instinct datacentre accelerators, Ryzen AI processors, EPYC processors, Versal SoCs and Radeon GPUs.
The agreement follows the company’s AI growth strategy centres on an open software ecosystem that lowers the barriers of entry for customers through developer tools, libraries and models.