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Inside AMD Helios: Architecture of a Rack-Scale AI System

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AMD Helios is a rack-scale AI infrastructure designed to accelerate training and inference for next-generation AI workloads. This session provides a technical overview of the Helios architecture, including compute, networking, memory, and system design considerations. Attendees will learn how rack-scale optimization improves performance, scalability, efficiency, and total cost of ownership (TCO) for enterprise and cloud AI deployments.

July 22, 2026 2:00 PM - 2:20 PM PDT

Shashidhar Gandham
Shashidhar Gandham

Corp. VP Software Development | AMD

Maria Garzaran
Maria Garzaran

Fellow Software Development | AMD

Topic

AI Infrastructure

AI Training & Inference

Session Type

Tech Talk

Related Product

Instinct, ROCm

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