Or, and I know this is idea is out there, fix your software stack?
This looks like an aquihire to do exactly that. They have a product that speeds up pytorch.
The real question is, what are they going to do with Xilinx.
I interviewed for Xilinx/AMD last year. Seems they are doing interesting stuff with ONNX targeting some programable AI thingy. That's what they said at least.
Not really. FPGAs aren't lending themselves to much AI work these days.