AMD Stock Rises on Vote of Confidence From a Big AI Chip Customer

Microsoft plans to use AMD’s Helios AI infrastructure platform and EPYC data-center processors to power more of its Azure cloud-computing services, the two companies said Monday. AMD stock jumped 5.1% to $521.23 on Monday after the market open, while the rose 0.7%. A combination of Microsoft and AMD technology will power new tools for data processing, electronic design automation, and inference, or running AI models.