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The Token Tsunami: Infrastructure Bets That Win in 2026

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The agents have arrived and they're hungry. Every token has a price, and agentic AI is sending the bill soaring. This session decodes the token tsunami: where agentic demand is headed, how costs shift across model families and tasks, and how AMD delivers leadership performance and TCO at every tier, closing with strategic guidance from Chirag Dekate, VP Analyst for AI infrastructure from Gartner®. Make the infrastructure bets that win in 2026. Don't just ride the wave - provision for it.

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July 22, 2026 3:00 PM - 3:45 PM PDT

Chirag Dekate
Chirag Dekate

VP Analyst | Gartner

Alex Montgomery
Alex Montgomery

Director of Marketing Intelligence Datacenter GPU | AMD

Mahesh Balasubramanian
Mahesh Balasubramanian

Sr. Director, Product Marketing for Datacenter GPU | AMD

Topic

AI Infrastructure

Session Type

Breakout Session

Related Product

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