AMD announces availability of Instinct MI300X accelerators

AMD (AMD) announced the availability of the AMD Instinct MI300X accelerators with “industry leading memory bandwidth for generative AI and leadership performance for large language model training and inferencing” as well as the AMD Instinct MI300A accelerated processing unit, which combines the latest AMD CDNA 3 architecture and “Zen 4” CPUs to “deliver breakthrough performance for HPC and AI workloads.” Customers leveraging the latest AMD Instinct accelerator portfolio include Microsoft (MSFT), which recently announced the new Azure ND MI300x v5 Virtual Machine series, optimized for AI workloads and powered by AMD Instinct MI300X accelerators, AMD stated. “Several major OEMs also showcased accelerated computing systems, in tandem with the AMD Advancing AI event. Dell showcased the Dell PowerEdge XE9680 server featuring eight AMD Instinct MI300 Series accelerators and the new Dell Validated Design for Generative AI with AMD ROCm-powered AI frameworks. HPE recently announced the HPE Cray Supercomputing EX255a, the first supercomputing accelerator blade powered by AMD Instinct MI300A APUs, which will become available in early 2024. Lenovo announced its design support for the new AMD Instinct MI300 Series accelerators with planned availability in the first half of 2024. Supermicro announced new additions to its H13 generation of accelerated servers powered by 4th Gen AMD EPYC CPUs and AMD Instinct MI300 Series accelerators,” AMD added.