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Applied AI·October 12, 2026·1 min read

AMD puts 32,768 CPU cores in a rack built for AI agents

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AMD’s Helion blueprint — up to 32,768 CPU cores per rack tuned for agentic workloads and “agents per watt” — is a direct bid to define infra for inference and orchestration, not just training. If your roadmap leans into AI agents, start modeling where CPU-heavy, massively parallel racks might beat GPU-centric designs on cost and density.

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Sources: Epic has delayed the release of an upcoming game, instructing developers to implement an "AI first" production model with "no more hand-written code"

Mandating “no more hand-written code” is a governance experiment, not just a tooling choice — Epic is testing whether a AAA pipeline can be rebuilt around AI as the default author. If this works even partially, creative orgs will feel pressure to redesign workflows, review, and IP policies around AI-native production rather than sprinkling assistants on top of legacy processes.