IDC and AMD Digital Roundtable
AI-Era Compute Economics: Precision, Sovereignty and Scale
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The economics of enterprise compute have fundamentally changed. New competitive dynamics in server processors and AI accelerators, the rise of hybrid-private architectures, and the growing urgency of sovereign infrastructure are reshaping how organizations evaluate, procure, and deploy datacenter technology.
For the first time in over a decade, infrastructure leaders have genuine choice in x86 server compute and AI acceleration. This changes the math on everything: power and cooling, storage throughput, software platform complexity, workload consolidation, and long-term total cost of ownership. Organizations that understand these new economics and treat infrastructure as an integrated architectural decision, rather than a component-by-component purchase, will be the ones that extract lasting value from their investments.
At the same time, sovereignty has moved from a policy conversation to an infrastructure design problem. Data residency alone is no longer sufficient. Organizations and national programs across the region are rethinking how compute architecture, software platforms, and operational control models need to be designed from the ground up to deliver genuine sovereign capability.
This event brings together infrastructure leaders, technology practitioners, and industry experts to explore what these shifts mean in practice. Hosted by AMD and IDC, the program combines independent research perspectives, hands-on technology deep dives, and structured peer dialogue, all designed to help attendees make more informed compute and infrastructure decisions in a landscape where the rules are being rewritten.
Why attend?
Join AMD and IDC to gain actionable insights into the new economics of compute, the role of AI acceleration in enterprise infrastructure, and the architectural decisions that will shape datacenter strategy for years to come. This session is designed for infrastructure and technology leaders seeking research-grounded perspectives and peer dialogue on the decisions that matter most. You’ll hear about:
- Compute architecture as a system decision
- AI workload reality
- Peer benchmarking from IDC’s latest META surveys
- Sovereignty as infrastructure architecture
- Hands-on technology depth
Agenda
IDC and AMD Digital Roundtable
One Day Event
Welcome Address
IDC Keynote:Rewriting the Economics of Compute: Navigating Choice, Sovereignty, and the New Datacenter Advantage
Shahin Hashim
Associate Research Director (META), IDC
AI Acceleration Strategy: Inference vs Training Economics
Zaid Ghattas
General Manager – METAP, AMD
Open Discussion: Hybrid-Private Infrastructure and the Compute Choices You Control
Shahin Hashim
Associate Research Director (META), IDC
Zaid Ghattas
General Manager – METAP, AMD
Summary & Takeaways
Speakers
Shahin Hashim
Event Sessions
One Day Event 11:35 am
Open Discussion: Hybrid-Private Infrastructure and the Compute Choices You Control
One Day Event 11:05 am
IDC Keynote:Rewriting the Economics of Compute: Navigating Choice, Sovereignty, and the New Datacenter Advantage
Zaid Ghattas
Zaid Ghattas, the Senior Regional Manager at AMD, plays a pivotal role in propelling AMD’s revenues across the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa. He steers the ICT strategy for top-notch customers in the region and champions AMD’s business initiatives. With a distinguished career, Zaid has been privileged to work with leading global IT portfolio vendors, including Intel Corporation, Vmware, Hewlett Packard (HP), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), EPSON, and OKI Printing Solutions. He has successfully executed numerous technology infrastructure projects across 15 different markets, from opportunity creation to seamless execution. Zaid’s professional journey includes a job rotation at Intel Headquarters in Silicon Valley, where he served as a Global Sales Manager within the global Oracle account teams. A highly qualified and passionate entrepreneur, Zaid brings a wealth of experience in diverse business aspects, including crafting successful sales strategies, leadership and people management, as well as go-to-market strategy and account planning. Before embarking on his career, Zaid spent 7 years in Sydney, Australia, where he worked and pursued higher education in Information Technology and Network Engineering.
Event Sessions
One Day Event 11:35 am
Open Discussion: Hybrid-Private Infrastructure and the Compute Choices You Control
One Day Event 11:20 am
AI Acceleration Strategy: Inference vs Training Economics
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AMD
AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) drives innovation in high-performance and AI computing to solve the world’s most important challenges. Today, AMD technology powers billions of experiences across cloud and AI infrastructure, embedded systems, AI PCs and gaming. With a broad portfolio of AI-optimized CPUs, GPUs, networking and software, AMD delivers full-stack AI solutions that provide the performance and scalability needed for a new era of intelligent computing. Learn more at www.amd.com.