AMD's new Threadripper Halo Station might look like a desktop PC. Still, it's actually a powerful AI workstation powered by the AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9995WX processor and AMD Instinct-class HBM workstation accelerators that can handle trillion-parameter models. It offers up to 576GB of HBM3e GPU memory, up to 2TB of RDIMM system memory, and a CPU with 96 'Zen 5' cores.
As the demand for powerful local AI continues to increase, it makes sense that AMD would leverage its leadership in the processor and workstation GPU space to create the Halo Station. In fact, with the AMD Threadripper Halo Station on track for a 2027 release, it's set to go head-to-head with NVIDIA's recently announced DGX Station, which pairs an Arm-based 72-core NVIDIA Grace processor with an NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra (GB300 Superchip) and RTX PRO GPUs.
Popular Now: Xbox users can use last-gen Xbox One consoles to verify Xbox Series discs for disc-to-digital conversionWith a whopping 2.6TB of total system memory, AMD notes this is a 3.4X increase versus the NVIDIA DGX Station, with up to 16.4TB/s of total memory bandwidth (up to 16 TB/s on the GPU side and up to 410GB/s on the RDIMM/DDR5 side). AMD showcased a prototype of the Threadripper Halo Station at IFA 2026, where it said it will offer "datacenter-class AI compute in a single deskside workstation."
Notably, this will be the first "desktop" or workstation-class device from AMD to feature AMD Instinct accelerators instead of Radeon Pro cards. The AMD Threadripper Halo Station will feature the latest 600W MI350P GPUs, based on its CDNA 4 architecture with 4.6 PFLOPs of AI Compute and 144GB of HBM3e. Inside the Threadripper Halo Station, you'll be able to fit up to four MI350P GPUs, for a total of 576GB of HBM3e GPU memory.
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With that much GPU power and the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9995WX processor, it's no wonder the Threadripper Halo Station sports a liquid cooling thermal solution. Although it has nothing to do with cooling or performance, the custom and stylish E-ATX chassis features a tempered glass side panel with the AMD logo on the front.
