AMD MI455X: 432GB HBM4 and 320 Billion Transistors
AMD’s Instinct MI455X pairs an unusually large 432GB HBM4 memory pool with a 320-billion-transistor design, signalling that rack-scale integration is now as important as accelerator specifications.
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