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MI400 and MI500 series accelerators
A key addition to the MI400 Series is the AMD Instinct MI440X GPU, designed specifically for on-premises enterprise AI deployments.
According to AMD, the MI440X targets scalable training, fine-tuning and inference workloads in a compact eight-GPU configuration that can integrate into existing data centre infrastructure.
The MI440X complements the recently announced MI430X GPUs, which focus on high-precision scientific computing, HPC and sovereign AI workloads. These accelerators are set to power major AI factory supercomputers globally, including Discovery at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the US and the Alice Recoque system, France’s first exascale supercomputer.
AMD also shared further details on its Instinct MI500 Series GPUs, scheduled for launch in 2027. Built on the AMD CDNA 6 architecture, advanced 2nm process technology and HBM4E memory, AMD says the MI500 Series could deliver up to a 1,000x increase in AI performance compared with the MI300X GPUs introduced in 2023.
The company positioned the platform as delivering leadership performance across every level of the data centre stack.