[NVIDIA Encroaches on Traditional CPU Territory: Perplexity Confirms Purchase of Vera Processors, Boosting Agent Task Speed by 1.5x] According to monitoring by Beating, NVIDIA is seizing market share from Intel and AMD. AI startup Perplexity has confirmed the purchase of NVIDIA's latest Vera CPU. This chip is specifically designed for AI agents. When running automated coding tasks, its speed is 1.5 times faster than traditional CPUs. Traditional chips are designed for humans, whose work involves pauses. However, AI agents do not need rest. They continuously call tools and execute code, making traditional CPUs a bottleneck for computational power. NVIDIA expects this CPU to generate $20 billion in revenue this fiscal year. OpenAI, Anthropic, and Oracle have also planned purchases. [Original Link]