AMD's Instinct MI300 APU Takes on Nvidia with Eye-Popping Sales Forecast

French supercomputer Adastra, located at CINES, Montpellier, has been powered by AMD's Instinct MI300A APUs ahead of the MI300 AI accelerator launch event. The supercomputer, equipped with HPE Cray EX4000 cabinet and 14 HPE Cray EX255a Blades, features the latest AMD Instinct MI300A APUs and achieved a peak performance of 46.1 petaflops. AMD is expected to ship 300K-400K units of its Instinct MI300 accelerators in 2024 and Microsoft Azure will be the first cloud service to feature the MI300X AI Accelerators. The MI300A offers TCO-optimized memory capacities and Zen 4 cores, fulfilling the promise of an Exascale-class APU.