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CPUs can successfully do GPU jobs, but there is one important caveat.

The global race for AI computing power continues to intensify, beyond ongoing GPU shortages. CPUs, long viewed as secondary components in servers, are once again becoming critical parts of data center infrastructure due to the rapid rise of AI inference and AI agent applications.

Loongson has provided updates on the company's upcoming 3B6600 processor and 9A1000 graphics card during its 2025 annual and 2026 Q1 earnings calls.

Arm is preparing to expand beyond its traditional IP licensing business by introducing data center CPUs, positioning itself to compete directly with some of its own customers, including AWS, Google, and Nvidia, while maintaining rapid growth in licensing revenue driven by rising demand for AI infrastructure.

AMD plans to expand its portfolio of CPUs for data centers that will be targeted at different workloads.

AMD sets record data center revenue as demand for CPUs from the AI sector skyrockets and is poised to increase even further as agentic AI gains momentum.

The Apex Legends Season 29 update reduces stuttering by addressing physics calculations that struggled to keep up at high frame rates enabled by modern high-end CPUs.

AMD's fiscal first-quarter 2026 earnings call was not just a victory lap for another data center beat. It was a strategic argument from management: AI infrastructure is no longer only an accelerator story. It is becoming a full compute-platform story, where CPUs, GPUs, memory, software, and rack-scale systems all have to move together.

Tech Industry Big Tech Intel swipes Qualcomm veteran of 25 years to lead client computing — Alex Katouzian jumps ship to oversee consumer CPUs and physical AI News By Etiido Uko published May 5, 2026 Tech companies are increasingly pivoting towards AI (Image credit: Getty Images / Justin Sullivan) Share this article 1 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsle