They want the mask twice as wide

LUMI-AI Signed in Kajaani

EuroHPC JU signs Bull procurement for LUMI-AI at CSC Kajaani: AMD Instinct MI430X + 6th Gen EPYC 256-core. ~10× AI, nearly 2× HPC vs LUMI. Deploy H2 2027. TechPowerUp Sep 2026.

Gorgon Halo Runs Local

AMD IFA 2026: Ryzen AI Max PRO 400 (Gorgon Halo), up to 192 GB unified memory for >300B-parameter local LLMs. HP/Lenovo commercial systems Q3 2026. No consumer non-PRO. TechTimes 4 Sep.

Halo Station at IFA

AMD at IFA 2026: Threadripper Halo Station — 96-core 9995WX, dual liquid-cooled MI350P (path to four), 2 TB DDR5, 288 GB HBM3E (up to 576). Trillion-parameter claim. No price. Tom’s Hardware.

Spark ships in October

NVIDIA at IFA: RTX Spark Windows PCs from October. N1X in two SKUs — 20-core/6144 CUDA up to 128 GB, or 18-core/5120 up to 32 GB. Lenovo, Acer, Microsoft and more. No prices.