AMD announces plans for two US AI supercomputers

AMD and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) have announced two new supercomputers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). The first is named Lux and will be going online in 2026, while the second is named Discovery and will be going online in 2028.

Lux, scheduled for deployment in 2026, will be the America's first dedicated “AI Factory” supercomputer. Co-developed by ORNL, AMD, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, and HPE, it will be powered by AMD Instinct MI355X GPUs, EPYC CPUs, and Pensando networking technologies. Lux is intended to expand DOE’s AI leadership by enabling large-scale training and deployment of AI models across fields such as energy research, medicine, materials science, and advanced manufacturing.

Discovery, expected to arrive in 2028 with operations beginning in 2029, will serve as DOE’s next flagship supercomputer. Built with next-generation AMD EPYC CPUs, codenamed “Venice,” and AMD Instinct MI400X GPUs, Discovery is engineered for sovereign AI and scientific computing. It will build on the foundation of Frontier, the world’s first exascale system, offering higher performance, energy efficiency, and AI capabilities. The system will support research in areas including clean energy, biology, advanced materials, and national security, while maintaining compatibility with applications developed for Frontier.

Speaking on the announcement of these two new systems, AMD CEO, Dr. Lisa Su, said: “Discovery and Lux will leverage AMD’s high-performance and AI computing technologies to advance the most critical U.S. research priorities in science, energy, and medicine – demonstrating the power of public-private partnership at their best.”

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KitGuru Says: AMD also recently signed a big deal with OpenAI, so the company is making multiple moves to secure its foothold in the AI race. 

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