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From GPUs to CPUs: Optimizing Every AI Workload with Azure and AMD

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As AI moves from experimentation to production, organizations need infrastructure choices that align each workload with performance, scale, security, and cost goals. This session explores how Azure and AMD support training, inference, agentic AI, data pipelines, and confidential workloads with the right mix of GPU and CPU innovation. Learn how AMD-based Azure VMs help enterprises and regulated industries advance AI at scale while addressing data residency, governance, and sovereignty requirements.

July 23, 2026 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM PDT

Alistair Speirs
Alistair Speirs

General Manager, Azure Infrastructure | Microsoft

Scott Tease
Scott Tease

Corporate Vice President of High Performance Computing and Sovereign AI | AMD

Igal Figlin
Igal Figlin

Corporate Vice President, Azure Compute Product Management | Microsoft

Topic

Enterprise AI

AI Infrastructure

Session Type

Breakout Session

Related Product

EPYC, Instinct, ROCm

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