Forrester: Curb Your AI Enthusiasm
ComputerWeekly, Wednesday, January 31st, 2024
Ongoing supply issues with semiconductors mean IT departments may have to wait up to a year for the latest hardware
Analyst Forrester has urged IT decision-makers to curb their enthusiasm when it comes to artificial intelligence (AI) to avoid being caught out by a shortfall in semiconductors.
In its Surviving the global chip shortage report, Forrester recommended that IT leaders moderate their AI ambitions. 'Moderation seems like heresy in the current AI-drenched tech environment, but you might have no choice,' the authors of the report warned.
Forrester pointed out that AI requires immense compute capacity, with a big emphasis on graphics processing units (GPUs). The report noted that cloud providers and large system providers have struggled to acquire enough GPUs, which means enterprise IT buyers may have to wait up to a year to get what they need.