Why the World Needs AMD for Sovereign AI with Keith Strier @ AMD
Keith Strier explains the origins of sovereign AI, and why he moved from NVIDIA to AMD. He unpacks the GPU divide, silicon diversity, and why nations are now embracing open source and the ROCm ecosystem.
02:10 – Quitting 17-yr consulting for NVIDIA
04:55 – NVIDIA culture shock: flat & fast
07:32 – EY’s first AI practice (2016)
10:08 – Estonia & Malta AI strategies
12:56 – Launching NVIDIA’s “AI Nations”
14:30 – ChatGPT hits; Jensen pivots
17:05 – GPU land-grab by governments
19:40 – Real bottleneck: data centers
23:55 – Move to AMD to scale AI infra
#BeyondCUDA #AIInfrastructure #AMD
🌐 Connect with us:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jtatarchuk
https://www.linkedin.com/in/keithstrier/
02:10 – Quitting 17-yr consulting for NVIDIA
04:55 – NVIDIA culture shock: flat & fast
07:32 – EY’s first AI practice (2016)
10:08 – Estonia & Malta AI strategies
12:56 – Launching NVIDIA’s “AI Nations”
14:30 – ChatGPT hits; Jensen pivots
17:05 – GPU land-grab by governments
19:40 – Real bottleneck: data centers
23:55 – Move to AMD to scale AI infra
#BeyondCUDA #AIInfrastructure #AMD
🌐 Connect with us:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jtatarchuk
https://www.linkedin.com/in/keithstrier/
