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Amazon cloud unit halts orders for Nvidia’s most powerful chip, FT reports
(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc’s cloud services unit has suspended orders for Nvidia’s most advanced “superchip” to wait for a new, more powerful model, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.
The new model called Blackwell, the chip industry’s new flagship AI processor, is expected to launch later this year, Nvidia said in March.
Amazon Web Services, the world’s largest cloud services company, has “completely transitioned” from its previous orders for Nvidia’s Grace Hopper chip, the report said.
Amazon and Nvidia did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests for comment.
(Reporting by Akash Sriram in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil D’Silva and Shinjini Ganguli)