AMD introduces Helion agentic AI rack blueprint, racks planned for November

AMD unveiled Helion, an open blueprint for agentic AI infrastructure built on the Helios rack approach and contributed to the Open Compute Project. Configurations pair 6th Gen EPYC CPUs with MI350P GPU nodes, and agentic rack configurations are planned with partners for November 2026. Named partners include Cisco, Dell, HPE, Lenovo, Supermicro and Wiwynn, and the release names no customers.

• Components: 6th Gen EPYC, MI350P GPU nodes, general-purpose compute; liquid- and air-cooled versions
• CPU-only hyperscale rack supports up to 32,768 CPU cores (AMD figure, no benchmarks given)
• Agentic rack configurations with partners planned for November 2026
• Partners named: Cisco, Dell, Hon Hai, HPE, Lenovo, QCT, Supermicro, Wiwynn; no customers named