AMD unveils Helion rack-scale infrastructure for agentic AI

AMD announced Helion, a rack-scale reference design for agentic AI infrastructure built on Open Compute Project specs. A CPU-only rack supports up to 32,768 Zen 6 EPYC cores, while the CPU/GPU version fits up to 16 Instinct MI350 GPU nodes. AMD plans to contribute the spec to OCP, with availability set for November 2026.

• CPU-only Helion rack supports up to 32,768 Zen 6 EPYC cores
• Hybrid rack fits up to 16 Instinct MI350 GPU nodes
• Token router directs requests to cloud or local models
• Availability planned for November 2026