AMD introduces Instinct MI455X AI accelerator with 432 GB HBM4 and up to 40 PFLOPS performance

AMD has unveiled its Instinct MI455X AI accelerators for data centers, based on CDNA 5 architecture, featuring 432 GB of HBM4 memory and peak performance up to 40 PFLOPS in MXFP4. The GPU includes 320 billion transistors, uses a multi-chiplet design with TSMC N2 and N3P processes, and offers 2.9x memory bandwidth improvement over the previous generation. Additionally, AMD announced the Instinct MI430X for scientific and sovereign AI workloads.

NVIDIA DGX GB300 Supercomputer Commissioned at U.S. Naval Postgraduate School

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang visited the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in Monterey to commission an NVIDIA DGX GB300 supercomputer, bringing massive AI computing power to the U.S. military's flagship graduate university. The system will support over 1,500 students and 600 faculty in AI research and education, including weather prediction, cybersecurity, and disaster resilience.

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