# AMD introduces Helion, an open rack-scale blueprint for agentic AI infrastructure

Canonical page: https://technooptimist.io/stories/amd-introduces-helion-an-open-rack-scale-blueprint-for-agentic-ai-a2ae262f
Date: 12 Oct 2026
About: [AMD](https://technooptimist.io/companies/amd.md)
Original source: https://ir.amd.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/1301/introducing-amd-helion-agentic-ai-compute-at-rack-scale

AMD introduced Helion, a rack-scale design for agentic AI built on an Open Compute Project specification and positioned as a follow-on to its Helios rack. It comes in a CPU-only version for agent execution and an all-in-one version that adds Instinct GPUs for enterprise workloads, and it includes a token router that sends agents' model calls across frontier and open-source models.

## Key facts

- CPU-only racks use 6th Gen EPYC processors and scale to 32,768 CPU cores for hyperscale agent execution
- The all-in-one rack combines EPYC CPU nodes with Instinct MI350P GPU nodes, in liquid-cooled and air-cooled versions
- Cisco, Dell, HPE, Lenovo, Supermicro and others are partners tailoring configurations to customers
- Agentic rack configurations are planned for November 2026; the announcement gave no pricing, power draw or benchmarks

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