AMD and Celestica unveil Helios
AMD and Celestica (amd.com) an open, rack‑scale 'Helios' AI platform that bundles hardware and networking for rack deployments. That move targets customers evaluating rack‑scale AMD solutions and sharpens questions about networking, ecosystem support, and software portability.
Celestica will lead R&D, engineering and production of the Helios scale‑up networking switches as part of the collaboration. (corporate.celestica.com) The Helios architecture is built to the Open Compute Project Open‑Rack‑Wide (OCP ORW) form‑factor and uses Ultra Accelerator Link over Ethernet (UALoE) for accelerator scale‑up connectivity. (barchart.com) AMD said Helios will wire the platform around its next‑generation Instinct MI450 Series accelerators and AMD EPYC processors for rack deployments. (marketchameleon.com) Both companies pegged commercial availability to late 2026, with Celestica handling manufacturing at scale for data‑center customers. (barchart.com) Announcements describe the switches as using “advanced networking silicon” to enable high‑speed interconnects but stop short of naming a specific switch‑silicon vendor. (barchart.com) The partners framed Helios for large‑scale training and inference in hyperscale, enterprise and cloud settings, citing design choices aimed at open, customizable rack‑scale deployments. (computing.net)
