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AMD takes on Nvidia with its Helios AI rack scale system

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July 23, 2026

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Chipmaker AMD is taking aim at competitor Nvidia with its latest hardware release: a rack-scale system designed to power computing needs of the world’s largest AI labs.

At the company’s sold-out Advancing AI conference in San Francisco on Thursday, AMD Chair and CEO Dr. Lisa Su promoted the new AI rack system known as Helios — along with its growing list of customers, including Microsoft — as the company prepares to ship it later this year. Su also pitched the company’s newest chips that are designed to feed the compute-hungry dragon that is the AI industry.

Rack systems combine many processors into a single high-powered unit. They are built for data centers, where they train and run AI models and other compute-intensive workloads.

Su called Helios the tech industry’s “highest performance AI rack,” adding that it was “built to train and run the most demanding frontier models in the world at massive scale.” The system will be deployed by leading AI companies at gigawatt-scale, the company said.

Nvidia has historically dominated this market with its Vera Rubin and Grace Blackwell rack-scale systems. AMD is clearly looking to get in on the action. And Helios’ performance metrics appear to give it a real chance, beating out Vera Rubin by a number of metrics, the Register reported.

Helios, which was first revealed in 2025 and shown onstage in January at CES 2026, already has several well-known customers, including OpenAI, Meta, Oracle, Anthropic, and Microsoft, all of which have plans to deploy the system. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said Monday that the company would expand its Azure infrastructure with Helios. Meanwhile, Anthropic and AMD announced a strategic partnership Wednesday for deploy up to two gigawatts of GPUs via the new rack system.

AMD also introduced Thursday its Venice-X CPU, which is designed for data centers and to handle high-computing workloads. The Venice-X is expected to launch in 2027.

During her remarks, Su commented on the trajectory of the chip industry, claiming that, by the year 2030, chips that power AI will become a massive part of the overall computing market. This’s because the industry is “seeing a step change in compute demand” driven largely by the rise of agentic AI, she said.

“When you ask the agent to do something, it actually has dozens of steps, and it has to reason, and it has to call tools, and it has to access data, and it has to keep doing it over and over until it solves the problem, and so you need lots of GPUs to do all that,” the executive said.

“We’re now expecting that by 2030, the AI accelerator market is going to reach about $1.4 trillion,” Su said. “What that means is, by the end of the decade, the AI accelerator market is going to approach the size of the entire semiconductor market today.”

“We do expect that GPUs are going to make up the vast majority of that market because the algorithms are still very much in their infancy, and we’re still continuing to see the workloads change, and that favors programmability in the overall silicon ecosystem,” she added.

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NPFL: Kano Pillars edge Tornadoes, Plateau United secure first win

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September 7, 2026

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Kano Pillars defeated Niger Tornadoes 3-2 in a thrilling Nigeria Premier Football League, NPFL, matchday two encounter at the Sani Abacha Stadium on Sunday.

The hosts scored twice in the first half through Ubong Friday and Fabian Nworie.

Nworie scored his second and Kano Pillars’ third nine minutes after the break.

Niger Tornadoes scored twice through Godfrey Joseph and Wasiu Jimoh but were unable to find the equaliser.

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“I Just Want to Keep Scoring” — Noah Abolaji Salaudeen Hits Third Straight Hat-Trick in Lithuania

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September 7, 2026

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Nigerian striker Noah Abolaji Salaudeen is enjoying an extraordinary goalscoring run in Lithuania, producing another sensational display with a hat-trick in a thrilling 6–3 victory.

The latest treble takes Noah’s remarkable run to three consecutive hat-tricks, further underlining his consistency and growing reputation as one of the most prolific forwards in his competition.

The match was anything but straightforward.

Noah’s team opened the scoring through Nedas, but the opposition quickly responded with an equaliser. The Nigerian striker then had an opportunity to put his side back in front after winning a penalty when he was fouled by the goalkeeper inside the box.

Following a lengthy six-minute delay before the spot-kick was taken, Noah unfortunately missed from the penalty spot.

But rather than allowing the setback to affect him, the forward responded almost immediately.

Noah raced beyond the goalkeeper and defender before brilliantly setting up Matas, who restored his team’s advantage at 2–1.

The opposition levelled again before half-time, sending both teams into the break at 2–2.

After the interval, however, Noah took control.

The Nigerian striker gave his team the lead once again with a powerful header, before adding another goal to make it 4–2 after receiving an assist from Lukas Tatarunas.

Ignas then added a fifth before the opposition pulled one back to reduce the deficit to 5–3.

With the game still requiring a final decisive moment, Noah completed his hat-trick in style, finishing from an assist by Nedas to seal the impressive 6–3 victory.

Speaking after another extraordinary outing, Noah said:

“Missing the penalty was disappointing, but I knew I had to stay focused and help the team. I’m happy I was able to respond with goals and an assist. I just want to keep working hard, keep scoring and help my team win.”

Noah Salaudeen’s 2026 Numbers 📊

League:
⚽ 31 goals
🅰️ 12 assists
🔥 43 goal contributions

Cup:
⚽ 6 goals
🅰️ 1 assist
🔥 7 goal contributions

Overall:

⚽ 37 goals
🅰️ 13 assists
🔥 50 goal contributions

The numbers tell the story.

Noah has now registered an astonishing 50 goal contributions in 2026, consisting of 37 goals and 13 assists across league and cup competitions.

Even more remarkable is his current scoring streak: three consecutive hat-tricks.

The Nigerian forward has responded to every challenge with goals, and his latest performance further strengthens his credentials as a striker capable of producing consistently at a remarkable level.

Three straight hat-tricks. 37 goals. 13 assists. 50 goal contributions.

Noah Abolaji Salaudeen is not slowing down.