Celestica, AMD seek to bring Helios platform to market

Executive Summary

• Celestica and AMD have entered a strategic collaboration to develop and bring to market the "Helios" rack-scale AI platform, leveraging AMD’s computing leadership and Celestica’s networking switch expertise.
• Celestica will handle the research, development, design, and manufacturing of scale-up networking switches for the AMD Helios architecture, which is based on the Open Compute Project’s open-rack-wide form factor.
• The platform is designed to enable high-speed interconnects for next-generation AMD Instinct MI450 Series GPUs using ultraaccelerator link over Ethernet architecture, with availability expected in late 2026.

Key Details

• Collaboration Scope: Celestica will undertake R&D, design, and manufacturing of scale-up networking switches within the AMD Helios rack-scale AI architecture.
• Technology Specifications:
  • Utilizes advanced networking silicon for high-speed interconnects.
  • Optimized for large-scale AI clusters.
  • Based on the Open Compute Project open-rack-wide form factor.
  • Uses ultraaccelerator link over Ethernet architecture for scale-up connectivity.
• Target Hardware: The switches are designed to enable the next-generation AMD Instinct MI450 Series GPUs.
• Market Availability: AMD Helios will be available to customers in late 2026.
• Deployment Environments: The collaboration supports deployments across cloud, enterprise, and research environments.
• Strategic Goals: Aimed at reducing time to value and improving supply chain resiliency for organizations investing in AI infrastructure.

Notable Quotes

• Steven Dorwart, Senior Vice-President and General Manager, Hyperscalers, Celestica: "Deploying AI at scale requires infrastructure that can be delivered quickly, consistently and with the performance customers expect... Together, we are accelerating access to AI systems optimized for the most demanding workloads of the next era."
• Forrest Norrod, Executive Vice-President and General Manager, Data Center Solutions Business Group, AMD: "Helios represents a new blueprint for AI infrastructure, enabling customers to deploy AI at scale with the performance, efficiency and flexibility required for the next generation of workloads."