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Meta is continuing its compute grab as the agentic AI race accelerates to a sprint. Today, the company announced a partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) that will bring “tens of millions” of AWS Graviton5 cores (one chip contains 192 cores) into its compute portfolio, with the option to expand as its AI capabilities grow. This will make the Llama builder one of the largest Graviton customers in the world. The move builds on Meta’s expansive partnerships with nearly every chip and compute provider in the business. It’s working with Nvidia, Arm, and AMD, as well as building its own internal training and inference accelerator chip. “It feels very difficult to keep track of what Meta is doing, with all of these chip deals and announcements around in-house development,” said Matt Kimball, VP and principal analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy. This makes for “exciting times that tell us just how incredibly valuable silicon is right now.” Controlling the system, not just scale Graphics pr
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