AWS Weekly Roundup—Reserve GPU capacity for short ML workloads, Finch is GA, and more—November 6, 2023

The year is coming to an end, and there are only 50 days until Christmas and 21 days to AWS re:Invent! If you are in Las Vegas, come and say hi to me. I will be around the Serverlesspresso booth most Continue reading AWS Weekly Roundup—Reserve GPU capacity for short ML workloads, Finch is GA, and more—November 6, 2023

Announcing Amazon EC2 Capacity Blocks for ML to reserve GPU capacity for your machine learning workloads

Recent advancements in machine learning (ML) have unlocked opportunities for customers across organizations of all sizes and industries to reinvent new products and transform their businesses. However, the growth in demand for GPU capacity to train, fine-tune, experiment, and inference Continue reading Announcing Amazon EC2 Capacity Blocks for ML to reserve GPU capacity for your machine learning workloads

AWS Weekly Roundup – re:Post Selections, SNS and SQS FIFO improvements, multi-VPC ENI attachments, and more – October 30, 2023

It’s less than a month to AWS re:Invent, but interesting news doesn’t slow down in the meantime. This week is my turn to help keep you up to date! Last week’s launches ShareTweetPostPin It!

AWS Weekly Roundup – CodeWhisperer, CodeCatalyst, RDS, Route53, and more – October 24, 2023

The entire AWS News Blog team is fully focused on writing posts to announce the new services and features during our annual customer conference in Las Vegas, AWS re:Invent! And while we prepare content for you to read, our services Continue reading AWS Weekly Roundup – CodeWhisperer, CodeCatalyst, RDS, Route53, and more – October 24, 2023

Automated Deployment of 5G RAN and Core Networks using AWS Telco Network Builder

Communication Service Providers (CSPs) are embarking on a digital transformation journey of their network operations to deliver new innovative connectivity services to their customers and to expand their traditional customers’ base. To achieve this transformation, CSPs are looking for ways Continue reading Automated Deployment of 5G RAN and Core Networks using AWS Telco Network Builder

New – Seventh Generation Memory-optimized Amazon EC2 Instances (R7i)

Earlier, we introduced a duo of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances to our lineup: the general-purpose Amazon EC2 M7i instances and the compute-optimized Amazon EC2 C7i instances. Today, I’m happy to share that we’re expanding these seventh-generation x86-based Continue reading New – Seventh Generation Memory-optimized Amazon EC2 Instances (R7i)

New – Amazon EC2 C7a Instances Powered By 4th Gen AMD EPYC Processors for Compute Optimized Workloads

We launched the compute optimized Amazon EC2 C6a instances in February 2022 powered by 3rd Gen AMD EPYC (Milan) processors, running at frequencies up to 3.6 GHz. Today, we’re announcing the general availability of new, compute optimized Amazon EC2 C7a Continue reading New – Amazon EC2 C7a Instances Powered By 4th Gen AMD EPYC Processors for Compute Optimized Workloads

A Cloud-Native Environment for Distributed Automotive Software Development

Car drivers have become users that expect new and updatable features and a digital user experience in addition to driving comfort and safety. OEMs are thus committed to lay the foundations for faster innovation through a concept called Software-Defined Vehicle Continue reading A Cloud-Native Environment for Distributed Automotive Software Development

FSI Spotlight: Amazon ECR

This blog post discusses five key considerations for using Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) in the financial services industry. Considerations include achieving compliance, data protection, isolation of computing environments, automating audits with APIs, and operational access and security. We provide Continue reading FSI Spotlight: Amazon ECR

New – Amazon EC2 M2 Pro Mac Instances Built on Apple Silicon M2 Pro Mac Mini Computers

Today, we are announcing the general availability of Amazon EC2 M2 Pro Mac instances. These instances deliver up to 35 percent faster performance over the existing M1 Mac instances when building and testing applications for Apple platforms. New EC2 M2 Continue reading New – Amazon EC2 M2 Pro Mac Instances Built on Apple Silicon M2 Pro Mac Mini Computers

Simulating Automotive E/E Architectures in AWS Part 2: Solution in Action

This is the second blog post in our 2-part series that provides guidance on how to simulate automotive Electrical/Electronic (E/E) architectures in AWS. In part 1, we discussed the trends in automotive E/E architectures and the general concepts and challenges Continue reading Simulating Automotive E/E Architectures in AWS Part 2: Solution in Action

Data and Analytics environments at Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany using AWS Services

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a leading science and technology company, operates across life science, healthcare, and electronics. More than 60,000 employees work to make a positive difference to millions of people’s lives every day by creating more joyful and sustainable Continue reading Data and Analytics environments at Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany using AWS Services

New – Amazon EC2 R7a Instances Powered By 4th Gen AMD EPYC Processors for Memory Optimized Workloads

We launched the memory optimized Amazon EC2 R6a instances in July 2022 powered by 3rd Gen AMD EPYC (Milan) processors, running at frequencies up to 3.6 GHz. Many customers who run workloads that are dependent on x86 instructions, such as Continue reading New – Amazon EC2 R7a Instances Powered By 4th Gen AMD EPYC Processors for Memory Optimized Workloads

New Amazon EC2 R7iz Instances are Optimized for High CPU Performance, Memory-Intensive Workloads

Today we’re announcing general availability of the Amazon EC2 R7iz instances. R7iz instances are the fastest 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable-based (Sapphire Rapids) instances in the cloud with 3.9 GHz sustained all-core turbo frequency. R7iz instances are suitable for workloads Continue reading New Amazon EC2 R7iz Instances are Optimized for High CPU Performance, Memory-Intensive Workloads

Automate Packet Acceleration configuration using DPDK on Amazon EKS

Packet acceleration is a key component in achieving performance efficiency for your workloads. Packet acceleration lets you optimize your workloads to get maximum throughput, high network bandwidth, minimal latency, and reduced cost. Industries such as Telco, Media & Entertainment, Robotics, Continue reading Automate Packet Acceleration configuration using DPDK on Amazon EKS

AWS Weekly Roundup: Farewell EC2-Classic, EBS at 15 Years, and More (Sept. 4, 2023)

Last week, there was some great reading about Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) and Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) written by AWS tech leaders. Dr. Werner Vogels wrote Farewell EC2-Classic, it’s been swell, celebrating the 17 years of Continue reading AWS Weekly Roundup: Farewell EC2-Classic, EBS at 15 Years, and More (Sept. 4, 2023)

Develop and test automotive software at scale using AWS

The traditional hardware-centric approach of developing and testing automotive software using Hardware-in-the-loop (HiL), is slow and limited in scale. The physical Electronic Control Units (ECUs) are not readily available during the software development phase, thus limiting the development team’s ability Continue reading Develop and test automotive software at scale using AWS

AWS Weekly Roundup – AWS AppSync, AWS CodePipeline, Events and More – August 21, 2023

In a few days, I will board a plane towards the south. My tour around Latin America starts. But I won’t be alone in this adventure, you can find some other News Blog authors, like Jeff or Seb, speaking at Continue reading AWS Weekly Roundup – AWS AppSync, AWS CodePipeline, Events and More – August 21, 2023