Microsoft Brings AMD's Latest AI Chips to Azure

Microsoft is expanding Azure's AI infrastructure by integrating AMD's latest Helios AI platform and next-generation EPYC processors. The partnership will power three new Azure offerings: HDv2 VMs for AI data processing, HXv2 VMs for electronic design automation, and ND MI455X v7 VMs for AI inference workloads. The HDv2 VMs feature nearly 500 sixth-gen AMD EPYC cores, 4TB of RAM, and 32TB of NVMe storage for demanding AI workloads. HXv2 VMs target chip design and technical computing with 176 cores clocked above 5GHz and 800Gb InfiniBand support for large-scale simulations.