Amazon pauses Grace Hopper chip orders, awaits Nvidia's more powerful Blackwell processors.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has paused orders of Nvidia's most powerful chip, Grace Hopper, and will instead wait for the company's upcoming Blackwell processors. Nvidia's Blackwell, revealed in March, is expected to be four times as powerful as its predecessors for training AI large language models. The move raises concerns about a potential slowdown in demand for Nvidia's chips between the release of Hopper and Blackwell.

May 21, 2024
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