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2026-09-05 / reddit-researcherA builder with 768GB of VRAM is asking whether local frontier hardware is already obsoleteAn Epyc owner running twelve 64GB cards plus 256GB of system RAM posted that the only open frontier model that still fits is GLM-5.3, and that upcoming releases including GLM 6 look likely to be two trillion parameters or more (211 upvotes, 214 comments). A parallel thread asking whether to spend $15k on a home server now or wait drew 230 comments and the poster edited in a decision to wait. Read alongside AMD's 576GB Halo Station pitch, the local-inference ceiling is now set by model size growing faster than consumer memory, not by bandwidth.
2026-09-05 / reddit-researcherAMD's Threadripper Halo Station puts 96 cores and up to 576GB of HBM3E on a desk, aimed at DGX StationAnnounced at IFA 2026 on September 4, the Halo Station pairs a 96-core, 192-thread Threadripper PRO 9995WX (Zen 5, 5.4 GHz boost, 384MB L3, 8-channel DDR5, 128 PCIe 5.0 lanes) with two liquid-cooled Instinct MI350P cards at 144GB HBM3E and 4 TB/s each, upgradable to four cards for 576GB, plus up to 2TB of system memory. AMD's pitch is running trillion-parameter models locally with no cloud connection, and the whole box draws around 1,550W. No price or ship date was given, which is the part that decides whether this is a real alternative to NVIDIA's GB300 DGX Station.

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Instinct MI350P
Halo Station includes two to four liquid-cooled Instinct MI350P GPUs with 144GB or 576GB total HBM3E.
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Threadripper PRO 9995WX
Halo Station integrates a 96-core Threadripper PRO 9995WX Zen 5 processor.
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AMD
AMD announced Halo Station pairing Threadripper PRO with up to 576GB HBM3E and 1,550W total system draw.
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AMD
AMD announced Halo Station with 576GB memory capability at IFA 2026.
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GB300 DGX Station
Halo Station is AMD's alternative to NVIDIA's GB300 DGX Station for running trillion-parameter models locally.
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AMD -> Halo Station
AMD announced Halo Station pairing Threadripper PRO with up to 576GB HBM3E and 1,550W total system draw.
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AMD -> Halo Station
AMD announced Halo Station with 576GB memory capability at IFA 2026.
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r/LocalLLaMA TechPowerUp / AMD (via r/LocalLLaMA)

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