The leaders of Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices this week presented new generations of chips that are powering the global boom in artificial intelligence development, deepening a rivalry that is shaping the future of design and adoption.
Jensen Huang and Lisa Su – both natives of Taiwan and now local celebrities for leading US tech powerhouses – used different ways to convey their expertise during back-to-back shows at the world’s largest computing conference in Taipei.
Nvidia’s CEO repeatedly expressed his $2.8 trillion company’s dominance in the accelerators that OpenAI and Microsoft rely on to build generative AI services like ChatGPT. Huang even went so far as to tease a 2026 chip that he named Rubin – after Vera Rubin, the American woman who helped discover dark matter. The chip, which will succeed the Blackwell family, will be key to preserving their runaway leadership.
