- AMD Megapod Design emphasizes raw GPU counting and interconnection efficiency
- Nvidia’s packaging method complicates direct comparisons with AMD’s approach
- Three racks will form the backbone of AMDS megapod and each calculation of hill can combine Verano CPUs with MI500 -accelerators
AMD seems to be preparing a new large -scale computer system aimed at high performance computing.
According to industry analysis, the so -called “megapod” is expected to house a large number of accelerators and place it as a direct response to Nvidia’s established “Superpod.”
The first signs of its design point point to a emphasis on raw GPU counting and interconnection efficiency, although accurate details remain speculative.
A system with 256 MI500 chips
Reports suggest that AMD will arrange the megapode across three separate racks.
The two outer racks are expected to have 32 calculation trays each, while the central tripod contains 18 hills for network switches.
Within each calculation tray, a single Verano CPU can be paired with four instinct MI500 GPUs.
This layout would deliver 32 CPUs and 128 GPUs per year. Rack, producing a total of 64 CPUs and 256 GPUs for the whole system.
The proposed design, sometimes referred to as “UAL256”, reflects AMD’s intention to expand capacity in ways intended to outmatch competitors.
The comparison between AMDS Megapod and Nvidia’s superpod is not straightforward.
On the paper, the AMD system would offer 256 physical or logical GPU packages, while Nvidia’s Kyber VR300 NVL576 shows only 144.
However, Nvidia’s architecture organizes four GPUs per year. Package, giving 576 GPUs overall.
AMD’s dependence on single-GPU packages means that its structure can occur larger in physical package count, but not necessarily in total core density.
This complicates any attempt to declare a system as superior. Currently, the megapode is looking more positioned as a counterbalance than a clear jump ahead.
The central rack in the projected system is designed to change infrastructure.
Analysts expect that AMD’s new Vulcano network map derived from the Pensando line will be implemented here.
The use of these cards could determine whether Megapod can deliver enough bandwidth to take full advantage of its GPU-heavy configuration.
While the physical layout of racks and hills seems straightforward, network delay and flow will play as a critical role as raw GPU numbers.
The system is expected at the end of 2027 and places it on the same development horizon as other major HPC installations and large data centers, including the German Herder Supercomputer.
AMD has recognized plans to combine Verano CPUs, MI500 -accelerators and Pensando Vulcano network cards, but accurate details of the megapode do not remain -verified.
Via computer base (originally in German)
