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博通擴大與 Meta 在人工智慧運算基礎設施的合作

-- 週三早盤,博通(AVGO)股價上漲,此前這家晶片製造商宣布擴大與Meta Platforms(META)的合作,以支持這家科技巨頭的人工智慧運算基礎設施。 兩家公司週二晚間在聯合聲明中表示,根據這項多年協議,博通將為Meta的訓練和推理加速器(MTIA)晶片部署技術,併計劃將合作延長至2029年。該合作包括初步承諾超過1吉瓦的計算能力。 兩家公司計劃共同設計和擴展硬件,將生成式人工智慧功能和「個人超級智慧」引入Meta旗下的社交媒體應用,例如WhatsApp、Instagram和Threads。博通計畫提供其乙太網路解決方案,以幫助Meta擴展其人工智慧系統。 在最近的盤前交易中,博通股價上漲2.9%,而Meta股價小漲0.2%。 博通執行長陳福強在聲明中表示:“我們很高興能與Meta公司擴大戰略合作,助力他們開拓人工智能的下一個前沿領域。此次MTIA的初步部署僅僅是一個開端,我們將製定一個持續的多代路線圖,以支持未來幾年的高速增長。” 聲明指出,鑑於此合作規模的擴大,陳福強將卸任Meta公司董事會成員,轉而擔任Facebook母公司博通的顧問。 Meta公司執行長馬克·祖克柏表示:「Meta公司正與博通公司在晶片設計、封裝和網路領域展開合作,共同建構我們所需的龐大運算基礎架構,從而為數十億人提供個人超級智慧。我們初期將推出超過1吉瓦的客製化晶片,並隨著時間的推移逐步擴大至數吉瓦,此次合作將為我們所有產品的開發帶來更高的效能和效率。」 上週,博通公司與Alphabet(GOOG,GOOGL)旗下的Google公司達成了一項長期協議,為其生產人工智慧晶片,並擴大了與亞馬遜(AMZN)支持的人工智慧新創公司Anthropic的合作。

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