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HPE Adopts AMD Helios Rack For AI
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HPE says it will offer a turnkey Helios rack-scale AI system based on AMD's reference design, announcing the product ahead of its Discover event in Barcelona and targeting worldwide availability in 2026. The system pairs AMD's forthcoming Instinct MI455X GPUs and 6th-gen Epyc CPUs with a purpose-built Juniper scale-up switch using Broadcom Tomahawk 6 and runs UALink over Ethernet for high-bandwidth GPU interconnects.
Key Points
- 1Announces turnkey Helios rack using AMD Instinct MI455X GPUs and 6th-gen Epyc CPUs, shipping 2026
- 2Implements UALink-over-Ethernet with Juniper scale-up switch on Broadcom Tomahawk 6 for 102.4 Tbps
- 3Delivers 72-GPU racks with 260 TB/s and up to 2.9 exaFLOPS 4-bit throughput, for cloud providers
Scoring Rationale
Official vendor announcement provides clear specs and credibility, but availability delayed until 2026 and high cost.
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