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Jacob Ridley

Oracle will shop around for AI chips after adopting a policy of 'chip neutrality'… but of course it'll still buy the latest Nvidia GPUs

SEPTEMBER 29: A view of the Oracle Data Lounge sponsored by Oracle Data Cloud at Times Center Hall during 2016 Advertising Week New York on September 29, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Rob Kim/Getty Images for Advertising Week New York).

Oracle is looking beyond Nvidia for the chips it needs to power its AI datacenters. In what could be described as a warning shot to Jensen Huang's business, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison said: "We are now committed to a policy of chip neutrality where we work closely with all our CPU and GPU suppliers."

In Oracle's latest financials, Ellison said: "Of course, we will continue to buy the latest GPUs from Nvidia, but we need to be prepared and able to deploy whatever chips our customers want to buy. There are going to be a lot of changes in AI technology over the next few years and we must remain agile in response to those changes."

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