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Saudi Minister Meets with CEO of Amazon Cloud AWS to Strengthen Strategic Partnership

The Saudi Minister of Communications and Information Technology met with the CEO of Amazon AWS Cloud. SPA
The Saudi Minister of Communications and Information Technology met with the CEO of Amazon AWS Cloud. SPA
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Saudi Minister Meets with CEO of Amazon Cloud AWS to Strengthen Strategic Partnership

The Saudi Minister of Communications and Information Technology met with the CEO of Amazon AWS Cloud. SPA
The Saudi Minister of Communications and Information Technology met with the CEO of Amazon AWS Cloud. SPA

Saudi Minister of Communications and Information Technology Eng. Abdullah bin Amer Al-Sawaha has met with the CEO of Amazon AWS Cloud, Matt Garman, and a number of the company’s senior leaders to strengthen the strategic partnership between the two sides.

The meeting took place during Al-Sawaha’s visit to the US, the Saudi Press Agency reported Tuesday.

The two sides discussed the company’s investments in high-capacity cloud areas, focusing on ways to support the growth of the digital economy in the Kingdom and the whole region.

Such meetings are part of ongoing efforts to enhance the digital infrastructure in the Kingdom and provide more investment and technological opportunities that contribute to driving the development of the digital economy and innovation in the region.

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Google Preparing to Partner with Taiwan's MediaTek on Next AI chip, Information Reports

A signage for Google is displayed near their office in Beijing, China, 04 February 2025. (EPA)
A signage for Google is displayed near their office in Beijing, China, 04 February 2025. (EPA)
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Google Preparing to Partner with Taiwan's MediaTek on Next AI chip, Information Reports

A signage for Google is displayed near their office in Beijing, China, 04 February 2025. (EPA)
A signage for Google is displayed near their office in Beijing, China, 04 February 2025. (EPA)

Alphabet's Google is preparing to partner with Taiwan's MediaTek on the next version of its AI chips, Tensor Processing Units, that will be made next year, the Information reported on Monday, citing people involved in the project.

However, Google has not cut ties with Broadcom, the chip designer it has worked with exclusively on the AI chips over the past several years, the report said, citing an employee at the San Jose-based company.

Like Nvidia,. Google also designs its own AI server chips, which it uses for internal research and development and also rents out to cloud customers, Reuters reported.

This approach gives Google a competitive edge in the AI race by reducing its reliance on Nvidia, even as rivals like Microsoft-backed OpenAI and Meta Platforms have seen a surge in demand for Nvidia chips.

Late last year, Google rolled out its sixth-generation TPU in a bid to give itself and its Cloud customers an alternative to Nvidia's chips, which are the most sought-after processors in the industry.

Google chose MediaTek partly because the Taiwanese firm has a strong relationship with TSMC and charges Google less per chip compared to Broadcom, the Information report added.

Google spent between $6 billion and $9 billion on TPUs last year, according to research firm Omdia, based on Broadcom's target for AI semiconductor revenue last year.