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Oracle Picks AMD Chips Over Nvidia - A Sign Competition Is Heating Up

Published Oct 21, 2025

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Oracle will deploy 50,000 AMD AI chips starting in late 2026
This signals growing competition for Nvidia, which controls over 90% of the AI chip market
OpenAI is buying chips from multiple suppliers (AMD, Nvidia, Broadcom) to get enough computing power

What Happened?

Oracle announced Tuesday it will buy 50,000 AI chips from AMD starting in late 2026. Oracle stock fell 2%, while Nvidia dropped over 3%. AMD shares went up slightly.

Why This Matters

Nvidia dominates the AI chip market with over 90% control. But cloud companies like Oracle are now offering AMD chips as an alternative. This is the first real competition Nvidia has faced.

Oracle's cloud boss Karan Batta said customers will really like AMD chips, "especially in the inferencing space" (that's when AI uses its training to answer questions or make predictions).

The Chips Oracle Is Buying

Oracle will use AMD's Instinct MI450 chips. These are AMD's newest AI chips that can work together in groups of 72 to handle the most advanced AI tasks. OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman even appeared with AMD's CEO in June to announce these chips.

OpenAI Needs Everyone

OpenAI (the company behind ChatGPT) is buying chips from multiple companies - not just Nvidia anymore. They made a deal with AMD earlier this month that could give OpenAI 10% ownership of AMD if things go well. They also have deals with Oracle and are designing custom chips with Broadcom.

Why? OpenAI needs massive amounts of computing power, and no single chip maker can supply it all.

The Bottom Line

Nvidia has dominated AI chips since ChatGPT launched, but that's changing. Companies need so many chips that they're spreading orders across multiple suppliers. This is good news for AMD and bad news for Nvidia's monopoly.

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