GoKawiilAMD unveils Helion rack reference design built around Zen 6 'Venice' EPYC CPUs
AMD introduced Helion, a new 21-inch rack-scale reference design built to the Open Compute Project's ORv4 and DC-MHS standards, alongside last year's Helios design. Helion supports 44 OpenU trays and can house up to 128 EPYC 9996 'Venice' CPUs in a CPU-only configuration, totaling 32,768 Zen 6 cores per rack, with both air- and liquid-cooling options. AMD will not sell the racks itself; OEMs and ODMs will bring Helion-based systems to market, with partners to be named by CEO Lisa Su at the OCP Global Summit.