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EC2 G7e Instances Expand to EU and Asia, Boosting AI Inference
NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000-powered EC2 G7e instances are now available in Frankfurt, Stockholm, and Mumbai, offering up to 2.3x inference performance.
EC2 R8in/R8ib Instances Expand to Tokyo, Frankfurt, and Ireland
New Intel Xeon-powered EC2 instances bring higher network and EBS bandwidth to more regions. But check the instance sizes.
EC2 C8ine Instances Expand to Frankfurt, Boosting Network Performance
AWS adds C8ine instances to Frankfurt, offering improved network throughput for virtual appliances and Telco workloads.
EC2 X8i Instances Expand to Asia Pacific Regions
AWS quietly expands X8i instances, offering significant memory bandwidth gains for memory-intensive workloads.
EC2 C8in Instances Expand to Ohio and Ireland Regions
Amazon EC2 C8in instances, featuring 6th-gen Intel Xeon processors and up to 600 Gbps network bandwidth, are now available in US East (Ohio) and Europe (Ireland).
EC2 R8g instances expand to more AWS regions
Amazon EC2 R8g instances, powered by Graviton4 processors, are now available in four additional AWS regions.
EC2 C7a Instances Expand to AWS Singapore Region
Compute-optimized EC2 C7a instances, powered by AMD EPYC 'Genoa', are now available in ap-southeast-1.
EC2 M8a instances expand to Asia Pacific (Mumbai)
New general-purpose EC2 instances powered by AMD EPYC processors are now available in Asia Pacific (Mumbai), offering improved performance and memory bandwidth.
EC2 adds watermarks to AMIs for governance
Amazon EC2 now allows embedding custom identifiers in private AMIs to track provenance and enforce governance policies.