US cuts a $1 billion deal with AMD to built two new AI Supercomputers

[WYP]

AMD will power two new AI supercomputers in the US, using MI355X and MI430X accelerators.​

Read more about AMD's new AI supercomputers for the US government.

 

[NeverBackDown]

All that power and the hardware will already be dated before they turn it on

 

[WYP]

All that power and the hardware will already be dated before they turn it on

That's typically the case with these kinds of systems. They can only use what's available now, and it takes time to build and configure these systems.

The first system, Lux, is skipping Zen 6 EPYC and MI400 for the sake of having a fast deployment.

 

[NeverBackDown]

I understand yes. It's just crazy how a billion dollars is still not bleeding edge.