Amazon developing AI chip to work on Alexa-powered devices

Amazon (AMZN) is developing a chip designed for artificial intelligence to work on the Echo and other hardware powered by Alexa, according to The Information, citing a person familiar with the matter.
The chip should allow Alexa-powered devices to respond more quickly to commands, the report added.
The effort makes Amazon the latest major tech company, following Google (GOOG; GOOGL) and Apple (AAPL), to design its own AI chips, which may have major ramifications for chip companies like Intel (INTC) and Nvidia (NVDA), the publication said.
Recently, Nvidia announced major accomplishments in the AI space.
On January 10th, NVIDIA (NVDA) unveiled details of its functional safety architecture for NVIDIA DRIVE, its AI autonomous vehicle platform, which uses redundant and diverse functions to enable vehicles to operate safely, even in the event of faults related to the operator, environment or systems.

On January 8th, Volkswagen announced it plans to use Nvidia to build AI into new electric microbus Volkswagen (VLKAY) and NVIDIA (NVDA) shared their vision for how AI and deep learning will shape the development of a new generation of intelligent Volkswagen vehicles using the NVIDIA DRIVE IX platform to create new cockpit experiences and improve safety.
In November, GE Healthcare (GE) and Nvidia (NVDA) announced they will deepen their 10-year partnership to bring the most sophisticated artificial intelligence to GE Healthcare’s 500,000 imaging devices globally and accelerate the speed at which healthcare data can be processed.
Amazon’s move into AI chip for Alexa powered devices could pave the way for Amazon to expand its reach into autonomous driving space
In Monday’s trading, shares of Nvidia have dropped more than 2% to $227. AMZN is up more than 1% to $1355.
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