TECHSTORY 545· AUGUST 9, 2026

AMD Buys Taalas to Push Into AI Inference, Competing With Nvidia

Every time a chatbot answers a question, it runs a process called inference: the step where an AI model takes input and produces output. Advanced Micro Devices (Nasdaq: AMD) announced on August 6 that it has agreed to buy Taalas, a chip…

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