AMD announced an expanded collaboration with HPE to accelerate the next generation of open, scalable AI infrastructure built on AMD leadership compute technologies. HPE will become one of the first system providers to adopt the AMD "Helios" rack-scale AI architecture, which will integrate a purpose-built HPE Juniper Networking scale-up switch - in collaboration with Broadcom - and software for seamless, high-bandwidth connectivity over Ethernet. "Helios" combines AMD EPYC??
CPUs, AMD Instinct?? GPUs, AMD Pensando?? advanced networking and the AMD ROCm??
open software stack to deliver a cohesive platform optimized for performance, efficiency, and scalability. The system is engineered to simplify deployment of large-scale AI clusters, enabling faster time to solution and greater infrastructure flexibility across research, cloud, and enterprise environments. The AMD "Helios' rack-scale AI platform delivers up to 2.9 exaFLOPS of FP4 performance per rack using AMD Instinct MI455X GPUs, next-generation AMD EPYC "Venice" CPUs and AMD Pensando Vulcano NICs for scale-out networking, all unified through the open ROCm software ecosystem that enables flexibility and innovation across AI and HPC workloads.
Built on the OCP Open Rack Wide design, "Helios" can help customers and partners streamline deployment timelines and deliver a scalable, flexible solution for demanding AI workloads. This has enabled HPE to integrate differentiated technologies for their customers, specifically a scale-up Ethernet switch and software designed for "Helios." Developed in collaboration with Broadcom, the switch delivers optimized performance for AI workloads using the Ultra Accelerator Link over Ethernet (UALoE) standard, reinforcing the AMD commitment to open, standards-based technologies. HPE will offer the AMD "Helios" AI Rack-Scale Architecture worldwide in 2026.
Powering Europe's Next Generation of HPC and AI Innovation. Herder, a new supercomputer for the High-Performance Computing Center Stuttgart (HLRS) in Germany, is powered by AMD Instinct?? MI430X GPUs and next-generation AMD EPYC??
"Venice" CPUs. Built on the HPE Cray Supercomputing GX5000 platform, Herder will offer world-class performance and efficiency for HPC and AI workloads at scale. The combination of the AMD leadership compute portfolio with HPE's proven system design will create a powerful new tool for sovereign scientific discovery and industrial innovation for European researchers and enterprises.
"The pairing of AMD Instinct MI430X GPUs and EPYC processors within HPE.
