HPE introduces AMD ‘Helios’ rack-scale architecture to support large-scale AI deployments

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has announced the availability of what it describes as the industry’s first AMD “Helios” AI rack-scale architecture with integrated scale-up Ethernet networking. According to HPE, the offering is aimed at helping cloud service providers (CSPs), including emerging neocloud operators, accelerate large-scale AI training and inference deployments.

The solution combines AMD’s “Helios” AI rack-scale architecture with HPE Juniper Networking hardware and software, and Broadcom’s Tomahawk 6 networking chip. HPE stated that the architecture is based on the Ultra Accelerator Link over Ethernet (UALoE) open standard and is designed to support the networking demands of large AI models, including trillion-parameter training workloads and high-throughput inference.

According to the company, the solution will be delivered by HPE Services teams with experience in liquid-cooled infrastructure and large-scale, exascale-class installations. HPE said the focus is on providing customers with flexibility, interoperability, improved energy efficiency and ...