AMD Unveils Next-Generation Hardware at COMPUTEX 2025
AMD has revealed its latest computing hardware lineup at COMPUTEX 2025, introducing new graphics cards and processors designed to address the growing demand for local AI processing capabilities in data centres and workstations.
The announcement comes as businesses across sectors seek systems capable of handling complex AI workloads locally rather than relying solely on cloud-based solutions, with particular focus on data privacy, reduced network latency and enterprise-grade security features.
It also comes as AMD announces its extended partnership with Red Hat to propel AI infrastructure forward.
Jack Huynh, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Computing and Graphics Group at AMD, says: “These announcements underscore our commitment to continue delivering industry-leading innovation across our product portfolio.”
Accelerating AI workloads
The Radeon AI PRO R9700 professional graphics solution represents AMD’s push into the AI acceleration market with hardware specifically engineered for professional users working with AI applications in enterprise environments.
Likewise, the R9700 enables local inference and model fine-tuning with 32GB of graphics memory and support for PCIe Gen 5, the most recent standard for expansion card connectivity with increased data transfer rates.
The hardware works with the ROCm software stack on Linux operating systems, with Windows support scheduled for future release.
For data centres requiring substantial computational resources, the R9700 could support multi-GPU configurations where multiple graphics cards operate in tandem to increase processing capacity for large AI models or parallel tasks. This capability aims to address requirements for complex simulations and real-time rendering in professional environments.
Jack adds: “The Radeon RX 9060 XT and Radeon AI PRO R9700 bring the performance and AI capabilities of RDNA 4 to workstations and gamers all around the world, while our new Ryzen Threadripper 9000 Series sets the new standard for high-end desktops and professional workstations.
“The Radeon RX 9060 XT graphics cards utilise the RDNA 4 architecture with second-generation AI accelerators, specialised circuits designed to speed up machine learning operations.”
Expanding core count for data processing tasks
The growing market demand for local AI processing capabilities reflects shifting requirements within the data centre sector, as organisations balance the need for AI innovation with security and cost concerns.
AMD's hardware release therefore arrives amid industry trends toward integrating AI capabilities into mainstream technology products. Notably, its Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9000 WX-Series and Threadripper 9000 Series processors have been designed to target high-performance computing (HPC) requirements in data centres with substantial core counts for parallel processing tasks.
The flagship Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9995WX features 96 cores and 192 threads, enabling simultaneous execution of numerous processing tasks across data centre workloads.
These processors include 384MB of L3 cache and 128 lanes of PCIe 5.0 connectivity for attaching peripheral devices and expansion cards.
PRO models incorporate additional enterprise-focused technologies, providing security features and management capabilities that address IT department requirements for data centre deployment.
Additionally, the non-PRO Threadripper 9000 Series offers up to 64 cores for content creation and AI training tasks, enabling organisations to perform computationally intensive work without external service reliance.
Such an established product line positions AMD to address the shift towards local processing for AI workloads, particularly as businesses seek to reduce cloud spending. By including an increased core count, customers have access to additional processing capacity for applications that require a large amount of compute to run.
The company also announced at COMPUTEX a partnership with ASUS focused on developing new AI-focused commercial PCs that extend AMD’s strategy beyond its traditional business.
Such a partnership aims to deliver systems that provide secure, efficient and locally powered AI experiences across business environments, potentially reducing the need for cloud-based processing for certain workloads.
S.Y. Hsu, Co-CEO of ASUS, says: “We're proud to deepen our collaboration with AMD as we usher in a new era of AI-powered computing.
“With the addition of the new Expert series — built from the ground up to revolutionise performance and efficiency for the modern workplace — to our broad AI PC portfolio and commitment to innovation, we aim to deliver next-gen AI experiences that empower users everywhere.”
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