AMD Advancing AI 2026: Pensando "Salina" DPU and "Vulcano" AI NIC Power Helios Networking
Networking is the third pillar of AMD's Advancing AI 2026 rack-scale strategy, and today the company detailed the AMD Pensando silicon and fabric technology that connects the Helios rack. As Helios is AMD's first rack-scale design, the company encountered challenges in interconnecting many GPUs, memories, and data movement speeds within a single system, both for scaling up and scaling out for multi-rack connections inside the data center. Current AI infrastructure must closely follow model development as AI model sizes have
AMD Instinct MI400 Series and Helios Rack Debut: CDNA 5 Goes 2 nm, Plus ROCm.ai and "Gorgon Halo"
AMD used its Advancing AI 2026 keynote today to launch the Instinct MI400 Series, its next-generation data-center GPU family, alongside the Helios rack-scale solution and the CDNA 5 architecture that underpins both. CDNA 5 is AMD's first GPU architecture to reach the 2 nm node, with the flagship Instinct MI455X carrying 320 billion transistors across a multi-chiplet package and 432 GB of HBM4. This is a data-center compute
AMD EPYC 9006 LP is the Company's Answer to NVIDIA Vera CPU
AMD EPYC 9006 "Venice-LP" is a purpose-built enterprise processors for rack-scale AI solutions. It is designed with the exact same system philosophy as NVIDIA's Grace and Vera CPUs—to handle serial processing loads and the OS stack for AI GPU servers with bandwidth-heavy network stacks. While NVIDIA uses specialized Arm CPU cores, AMD remains an x86 loyalist, and designed "Venice-LP" around its latest "Zen 6" microarchitecture.
The CPU side of EPYC
The CPU side of EPYC
(PR) ASRock Rack Unveils Next-Generation Server Portfolio Powered by 6th Gen AMD EPYC Processors
ASRock Rack Inc., a leading innovative server company, today announced support for the newly-launched 6th Gen AMD EPYC 9006 Series processors, unveiled this week at AMD Advancing AI 2026 in San Francisco. ASRock Rack will showcase its upcoming server platforms optimized for the new processor generation at the event, demonstrating its commitment to delivering advanced infrastructure for enterprise AI, cloud, and HPC workloads.
Delivering Leadership Performance for the Agentic AI Era
As agentic AI enters enterprise-scale deployment, the 6
Delivering Leadership Performance for the Agentic AI Era
As agentic AI enters enterprise-scale deployment, the 6
AMD Announces 6th Gen EPYC Server Processors Powered by "Zen 6" Microarchitecture
AMD today announced the 6th Gen EPYC "Venice" server processors powered by the "Zen 6" CPU microarchitecture. The family includes a set of four distinct product lines, the EPYC 9006 (Socket SP7) for mainline servers with market leadership in core-counts and performance; the EPYC 9006 (Socket SP8) for enterprises with optimized performance per node; EPYC 9006X SP7 for high performance computing accelerated by larger CPU caches; and the EPYC 90
(PR) Philips Introduces the 24B2D5300 Standalone Dual-sided Monitor
he Philips dual-sided business monitor 24B2D5300 has just been announced and it is the first standalone monitor to incorporate a unique "dual screen" design. With a screen on each side of the device, the monitor opens up new opportunities for business workflows, customer-facing applications, and collaborative use.
This monitor is equipped with two 23.8" IPS technology panels, Full HD resolution on both screens, 120 Hz refresh rates, and USB-C connectivity
This monitor is equipped with two 23.8" IPS technology panels, Full HD resolution on both screens, 120 Hz refresh rates, and USB-C connectivity
(PR) Giga Computing Accelerates Enterprise AI at Scale with 6th Gen AMD EPYC Server CPUs
Giga Computing, a subsidiary of GIGABYTE, is a global provider of advanced computing solutions that power the next generation of HPC, AI inference, 5G/edge, and cloud computing, today announced support for 6th Gen AMD EPYC Server CPUs across its server lineup, further expanding its portfolio of systems designed for demanding workloads. Now, at AMD Advancing AI 2026 in San Francisco, Giga Computing is debuting its first server for the new AMD EPYC 9006 platform.
Two Sockets, One Generation
Two Sockets, One Generation
(PR) MSI Launches 6th Gen AMD EPYC Server Portfolio
MSI is expanding its server portfolio with platforms advanced by 6th Gen AMD EPYC Server CPUs across SP7 and SP8 designs to modernize data centers for AI, cloud, HPC, virtualization, and business-critical workloads. SP7 platforms deliver maximum density and performance with up to 256 cores and 512 threads per processor for performance-driven deployments, while SP8 platforms offer up to 128 cores and 256 threads per processor for balanced mainstream deployments. MSI's latest portfolio spans
(PR) Supermicro Introduces New Server Portfolio with 6th Gen AMD EPYC 9006 Series CPUs, Delivering 1.7x Generational Performance Improvements
Super Micro Computer, Inc., an AI, Enterprise, Storage, and 5G/Edge Total IT Solution Provider featuring Data Center Building Block Solutions (DCBBS), today announced its next-generation H15 server portfolio powered by 6th Gen AMD EPYC 9006 Series CPUs, optimized for next generation GPUs including AMD Instinct, and connected by AMD Pensando networking. With up to 256 cores and 512 threads, H15 systems meet the growing compute demands of cloud, enterprise
Geekbench 7 Launches With New CPU Tests and Ryzen 7 7700 Baseline
Geekbench 7 has officially launched as the newest stable release of the cross-platform CPU benchmarking tool, which last saw a full release in 2023 with Geekbench 6. It is available for download for Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, and Windows, and the release notes detail a handful of new benchmarks that have been added to measure more diverse workloads.
Geekbench 7 continues the modernization of the Geekbench benchmarking tool, adding a new game physics benchmark, which relies on the Jolt physics engine, currently in use
Geekbench 7 continues the modernization of the Geekbench benchmarking tool, adding a new game physics benchmark, which relies on the Jolt physics engine, currently in use