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Jul 23, 2026

AMD Launches Helios Rack-Scale AI System to Challenge Nvidia's Data Center Dominance

AMD CEO Lisa Su announced that the Helios rack-scale AI infrastructure system was in full production. AMD claims Helios delivers up to 15% more peak theoretical FP4 compute than Nvidia's Vera Rubin NVL72, based on AMD calculations. The system integrates 72 Instinct MI455X GPUs, 18 EPYC “Venice” CPUs and AMD Pensando networking for large-scale AI training and inference.

Jul 23, 2026·9 sources
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  • ▪Based on AMD calculations and published specifications, AMD claims Helios provides up to 15% more peak theoretical FP4 compute, 50% more HBM capacity and 50% more scale-out bandwidth than Nvidia's Vera Rubin NVL72 rack.
  • ▪AMD projects the AI accelerator market will reach approximately $1.4 trillion by the year 2030.
  • ▪AMD expects to begin shipping the Helios rack-scale system to customers in the second half of 2026.

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