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Computer chipset firm AMD expects the deployment of its latest GPU-based high-performance computing platform Helios to begin in the second half of this year across several countries, including India, a top company official said. The company aims to capitalise on the demand for AI and proposed data centre capacity ramp-up by global technology giants. AMD, senior director for data centre GPU product marketing, Mahesh Balasubramanian, told PTI that a single Helios rack integrates 72 interconnected MI455X (AMD GPUs) accelerators, delivering up to 2.9 exaflops of FP4 (number format used in AI) compute performance per rack. The expected deployment timeline refers to global customer deployments of Helios systems, including India. Initial deployments are expected to begin in the second half of 2026, Balasubramanian said. The demand for GPUs (Graphics processing units) has skyrocketed after the massive demand for AI across the world, and US chip company Nvidia dominates the market with ove
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