In 2021, AMD announced an ambitious target of achieving a 30X increase in energy efficiency for its EPYC CPUs and Instinct accelerators in AI training and HPC applications by 2025. As per AMD , they had already achieved 13.5X energy efficiency by mid-2023.
We are already halfway through 2024, and AMD is still betting high on its target and this decision of AMD to fund IIT Bombay semiconductor startups shows their commitment to their target and also a genuine commitment towards the betterment of the semiconductor industry.
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To further increase the pace , AMD on Monday announced a partnership with IIT Bombay’s Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE). SINE(IIT BOMBAY) is a startup incubator at IIT Bombay.
When asked about this AMD and IIT Bombay partnership, AMD India head Jaya Jagdish said
“At AMD, our goal is to reduce energy costs and increase efficiency across all our product lines. We aim to deliver a 30x improvement in energy efficiency for AMD processors and accelerators powering high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI) training by 2025. This means we are increasing the energy efficiency of compute nodes at a rate that is significantly faster than the aggregate industry-wide improvement made during the last five years. We continuously work with industry bodies and academia to support initiatives that help drive innovation in this field.”
How will IIT Bombay startups benefit from this partnership ?
After this AMD and IIT Bombay partnership, all the startups incubated under SINE(IIT Bombay) who are working on developing Spiking neural networks energy efficient chipsets will get grants to further continue their research.
This will help the startups continue researching and working at a faster pace without thinking much about funds.
When asked about this partnership with SINE head , Shaji Varghese, he emphasised the importance of nurturing startups in India’s semiconductor sector, particularly given the long design cycles and high entry costs .Further, he continued that this partnership will give ample boost to semiconductor startups.
Also, with this partnership , startups will benefit from mentorship from the senior engineers at AMD, which I think adds significant benefits beyond financial support.
How will AMD benefit from this partnership ?
Although this partnership with IIT Bombay has been done under the corporate social responsibility (CSR) of AMD , AMD will benefit in multiple ways .
First, it will help AMD to have a good will among semiconductor startups in India .
Secondly, it will give a major thrust to the AMD mission of achieving a 30X improvement in energy efficiency for AMD processors and accelerators powering high performance computing.
Conclusion
With the advancement of high-performance computing (HPC) , the demand for energy from these processors has risen dramatically. So , it is the right time that we start working on improving the energy efficiency of these chipsets .
This initiative from AMD to fund IIT Bombay semiconductor startups working on energy efficient chips will give a major boost to much needed development right now.
It will also give other researchers at IIT Bombay a reason to come up with their ideas . The future of chips is turning interesting, and AMD, for sure, is going to play an important part in it.
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