AWS Weekly Roundup — AWS Chips Taste Test, generative AI updates, Community Days, and more — April 1, 2024

Today is April Fool’s Day. About 10 years ago, some tech companies would joke about an idea that was thought to be fun and unfeasible on April 1st, to the delight of readers. Jeff Barr has also posted seemingly far-fetched Continue reading AWS Weekly Roundup — AWS Chips Taste Test, generative AI updates, Community Days, and more — April 1, 2024

Protect 5G subscriber credentials in the Cloud with AWS Nitro Enclaves

Strong security, as required by telecommunication, or financial services, can depend on keeping certain cryptographic material, such as keys, secret. On-premises, this has traditionally been done by using hardware security modules (HSM). This post presents a cloud-native solution using AWS Continue reading Protect 5G subscriber credentials in the Cloud with AWS Nitro Enclaves

Elevating cluster software development with QNX Hypervisor on AWS

Digital cockpit systems are the primary “vehicle to user” interface of a Software-Defined Vehicle (SDV) which include digital instrument clusters that have sophisticated graphics needs as well as safety-critical requirements. For instance, vehicle state information, such as vehicle malfunction warnings, Continue reading Elevating cluster software development with QNX Hypervisor on AWS

Leveraging generative AI to simplify the network and service lifecycle management with Amdocs Intelligent OSS on AWS

It is time to take a different approach to network and operations New technology rollouts, more complex service introductions, and increased network complexity make network operations and lifecycle management of services more expensive. Operators need to improve their mode of Continue reading Leveraging generative AI to simplify the network and service lifecycle management with Amdocs Intelligent OSS on AWS

Smiles gains advantages using serverless-first strategy with AWS

In this blog post, we delve into the journey of Smiles Fidelidade, a loyalty company affiliated with Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes (GOL) Airlines. Smiles has partnerships with over fifty airlines and a customer base exceeding 21.8 million active users. To better Continue reading Smiles gains advantages using serverless-first strategy with AWS

AWS and Qualcomm Software-Defined Vehicle demonstrator for Cloud-Native Snapdragon Digital Chassis development

With vehicles becoming increasingly intelligent and connected, software is playing an increasingly important role in their design and evolution, accelerating the path to the Software-Defined-Vehicle (SDV). As SDV gains traction, the emergence of Cloud-Native development for automotive applications is becoming Continue reading AWS and Qualcomm Software-Defined Vehicle demonstrator for Cloud-Native Snapdragon Digital Chassis development

Join the preview for new memory-optimized, AWS Graviton4-powered Amazon EC2 instances (R8g)

We are opening up a preview of the next generation of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances. Equipped with brand-new Graviton4 processors, the new R8g instances will deliver better price performance than any existing memory-optimized instance. The R8g instances Continue reading Join the preview for new memory-optimized, AWS Graviton4-powered Amazon EC2 instances (R8g)

Genentech sustainably generates a large dataset on AWS to advance machine learning-based research on a potential new drug modality

Genentech is a biotechnology company that pioneered the biotech industry and revolutionized how some of the world’s most complex health problems are treated. Today, as a member of the Roche Group, the company remains dedicated to pursuing breakthrough research, developing Continue reading Genentech sustainably generates a large dataset on AWS to advance machine learning-based research on a potential new drug modality

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

Simulating Automotive E/E Architectures in AWS – Part 1: Accelerating the V-Model

Over the last 15 years, the complexity of automotive Electrical/Electronic (E/E) architectures which include Electronic Control Units (ECUs), related sensors, actuators, and wiring inside vehicles has grown. Rather than continuing to add new hardware components to E/E architectures, automakers are Continue reading Simulating Automotive E/E Architectures in AWS – Part 1: Accelerating the V-Model

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

Learning From the IBM PC: How an open hardware platform for automotive applications can help transform the industry

Drawing a parallel to the story of the IBM PC, this blog post shows how the introduction of an open hardware platform for automotive applications might create a similar environment driving innovation, disruption, and transformation for the automotive industry. This Continue reading Learning From the IBM PC: How an open hardware platform for automotive applications can help transform the industry

New Amazon EC2 Instances (C7gd, M7gd, and R7gd) Powered by AWS Graviton3 Processor with Local NVMe-based SSD Storage

We launched Amazon EC2 C7g instances in May 2022 and M7g and R7g instances in February 2023. Powered by the latest AWS Graviton3 processors, the new instances deliver up to 25 percent higher performance, up to two times higher floating-point Continue reading New Amazon EC2 Instances (C7gd, M7gd, and R7gd) Powered by AWS Graviton3 Processor with Local NVMe-based SSD Storage

Disaster Recovery 5G Core Network on AWS

The Communication Service Providers (CSPs) in the telecom industry are looking to find more use cases to leverage. However, a public cloud and 5G core network deployments on AWS are gaining more attention by identifying practical use cases, such as Continue reading Disaster Recovery 5G Core Network on AWS

New – Amazon EC2 Hpc7g Instances Powered by AWS Graviton3E Processors Optimized for High Performance Computing Workloads

At AWS re:Invent 2022, Adam Selipsky, CEO of AWS, explained high performance computing (HPC) workloads typically can either be compute-intensive, compute- and networking-intensive, or data- and memory-intensive in his keynote. ShareTweetPostPin It!

New Amazon EC2 C7gn Instances: Graviton3E Processors and Up To 200 Gbps Network Bandwidth

The C7gn instances that we previewed last year are now available and you can start using them today. The instances are designed for your most demanding network-intensive workloads (firewalls, virtual routers, load balancers, and so forth), data analytics, and tightly-coupled Continue reading New Amazon EC2 C7gn Instances: Graviton3E Processors and Up To 200 Gbps Network Bandwidth

Accelerating code to road with cloud workflows and Automotive OS

There is a current automotive industry paradigm shift that is requiring Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) to accelerate their in-vehicle software delivery utilizing newer approaches and solutions such as cloud-based workflows and automotive operating systems (OS). Customer demand highlights the need Continue reading Accelerating code to road with cloud workflows and Automotive OS

New Storage-Optimized Amazon EC2 I4g Instances: Graviton Processors and AWS Nitro SSDs

Today we are launching I4g instances powered by AWS Graviton2 processors that deliver up to 15% better compute performance than our other storage-optimized instances. With up to 64 vCPUs, 512 GiB of memory, and 15 TB of NVMe storage, one Continue reading New Storage-Optimized Amazon EC2 I4g Instances: Graviton Processors and AWS Nitro SSDs

Multi-Architecture Container Builds with CodeCatalyst

AWS Graviton Processors are designed by AWS to deliver the best price performance for your cloud workloads running in Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2). Amazon CodeCatalyst recently added support to run workflow actions using on-demand or pre-provisioned compute powered Continue reading Multi-Architecture Container Builds with CodeCatalyst