Core Insights - Oracle will launch the first publicly available AI supercluster powered by 50,000 AMD Instinct MI450 Series GPUs starting in Q3 2026, marking a significant expansion in their collaboration with AMD [1][2][3] Group 1: AI Supercluster Details - The AI supercluster will utilize AMD's "Helios" rack design, featuring MI450 GPUs, next-generation EPYC CPUs codenamed "Venice," and advanced networking technology [3][4] - The initial deployment will begin with 50,000 GPUs, with plans for expansion in 2027 and beyond [1][2] Group 2: Customer Benefits - Customers will benefit from high-performance, flexible cloud deployment options, with each MI450 GPU providing up to 432 GB of HBM4 and 20 TB/s of memory bandwidth, allowing for training of models 50% larger than previous generations [5] - The AMD "Helios" rack design will optimize performance density, cost, and energy efficiency through dense, liquid-cooled 72-GPU racks [5] Group 3: Infrastructure and Security - The architecture will include next-generation AMD EPYC CPUs that offer confidential computing capabilities and built-in security features for sensitive AI workloads [5][11] - DPU-accelerated converged networking will enhance performance and security for large-scale AI and cloud infrastructure [11] Group 4: Future Developments - OCI will also offer general availability of OCI Compute with AMD Instinct MI355X GPUs, which can scale to 131,072 GPUs in the zettascale OCI Supercluster [6] - The open-source AMD ROCm software stack will facilitate rapid innovation and simplify the migration of existing AI and HPC workloads [11]

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) on Monday announced a strategic partnership with big-spending artificial intelligence company OpenAI. AMD stock surged on the news. Under the deal, OpenAI will deploy 6 gigawatts of AMD graphics processing units, or GPUs, over a multi-year, multi-generation period. It will start with 1 gigawatt of AMD Instinct MI450 Series GPUs in the second half of 2026. Also, AMD gave OpenAI a warrant for as many as 160 million shares of AMD stock that will vest as milestones are achieved. Tho ...