AMD, Microsoft expand strategic partnership to deploy next-gen Instinct, EPYC chips on Azure
AMD•Azure to add new EPYC-powered VM series
Azure will add two new VM series powered by EPYC “Venice” processors, targeting agentic AI, data pipelines, and semiconductor design workloads.
Pensando deployment to broaden across Azure
Microsoft will broaden deployment of Pensando DPUs; Azure Boost integration aims to lift cloud networking performance across the fleet.
AMD and Microsoft expand Azure AI partnership
AMD expanded a long-term strategic partnership with Microsoft to deploy its Helios rackscale AI platform across Azure at scale.
Microsoft plans to use Helios to run frontier-model inference for internal workloads, Azure AI services, and customer applications.
Helios platform combines AMD AI and networking hardware
Helios integrates Instinct MI455X GPUs, 6th Gen EPYC “Venice” CPUs, Pensando networking, and ROCm software; shipments start in 2H 2026.
