AMD Advancing AI 2026
Jul 23, 2026 · Advancing AI 2024 · Advancing AI 2025
Advancing AI 2026 | Build What's Next with @AMDJul 23, 2026 · 2h 14m · Lisa SuAMD's 2026 keynote was about Helios, its rack-scale system built on the MI455 GPU, Venice EPYC CPUs and Pensando networking, now in full production with Anthropic and OpenAI on stage as partners. Su also showed a 256-core Venice CPU aimed at agent workloads and an AI-driven ROCm aimed at removing software friction.
Key themes: AI infrastructure, Agents
- 1Helios combines the MI455 GPU, Venice EPYC CPUs and Pensando DPUs in one rack-scale system
- 2Helios is in full production, with shipments starting at the end of the third quarter and ramping in the fourth
- 3Anthropic joined as AMD's newest Instinct partner
- 4OpenAI is one of the deepest and earliest partners deploying Helios
- 5A 256-core Venice EPYC CPU is built for agent workloads, "more agents per rack"
- 6AMD is bringing AI-driven development to ROCm to automate optimization and bring-up
| Announcement | Status |
|---|---|
| Helios rack-scale systemIn full production, shipments from end of Q3 | GA |
| Anthropic Instinct partnershipAnthropic adopts AMD Instinct | Announced |
| Venice 256-core EPYCCPU for agent workloads | Announced |
| AI-driven ROCmAutomated optimization and workload bring-up | Announced |
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