AMD(US:AMD) Sou Hu Cai Jing·2025-10-28 06:14Core Insights - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and AMD are collaborating to invest $1 billion in building two new supercomputers, Lux and Discovery, at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee [1][3] - Lux is set to be the first AI factory in the U.S. focused on science, energy, and national security, designed to train and deploy AI foundational models [3] - Discovery will enhance performance and energy efficiency based on the Frontier supercomputer technology, supporting various scientific research fields [1][3] Investment and Development - The investment of $1 billion will fund the construction of Lux and Discovery, with Lux expected to be operational by early 2026 and Discovery by 2029 [1] - The development of these supercomputers will leverage the technology from the Frontier supercomputer, which was the first to achieve Exascale computing but was surpassed by El Capitan [1] Technical Specifications - Discovery will feature a "ubiquitous bandwidth" design, improving performance and energy efficiency while maintaining similar costs [1] - Lux will be optimized for data-intensive and model-centric workloads, supporting large-scale AI training and distributed inference [3] Collaboration and Infrastructure - The execution of this collaboration will involve Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) [5] - HPE will provide ProLiant Compute XD685 servers, with Lux incorporating AMD Instinct MI355X GPUs, AMD EPYC CPUs, and AMD Pensando advanced networking technology [5]