Issue # 38: May 19th, 2023 to May 26th, 2023

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Welcome to Issue # 38 of AWS Graviton Weekly, which will be focused on sharing everything that happened in the past week related to AWS Silicon: from May 19th, 2023 to May 26th, 2023.

The recommended resources for this week?

• The Part II of the series dedicated to .NET Workflows for arm64 with Amazon CodeCatalyst
• Amazon EKS and Amazon EKS Distro now support Kubernetes version 1.27
• EC2 C7g instances are now available in Singapore
• The incredible conversation among Arthur Petitpierre, Rahul Subramaniam and Stephen Barr about Graviton instances, Porting code to Graviton tips and much more

Enjoy the content of this week

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NEWS

​Amazon EC2 C7g instances are now available in additional regions​

Learn more:

​https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2023/05/amazon-ec2-c7g-instances-additional-regions/​

​https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/c7g/​

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​Amazon EC2 C6i and M6i instances are now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)​

Learn more:

​https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2023/05/amazon-ec2-c6i-m6i-instances-hyderabad/​

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​Amazon EC2 X2idn and X2iedn instances now available in (Hyderabad) region​

Learn more:

​https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2023/05/amazon-ec2-x2idn-x2iedn-instances-hyderabad-region/​

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​Amazon EKS and Amazon EKS Distro now support Kubernetes version 1.27​

Learn more:

​https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2023/05/amazon-eks-eks-distro-kubernetes-version-1-27/​

​https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/containers/amazon-eks-now-supports-kubernetes-version-1-27/​

​https://github.com/aws/eks-distro​

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​AWS Compute Optimizer supports external performance metrics in 5 new regions​

Learn more:

​https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2023/05/aws-compute-optimizer-performance-metrics-5-regions/​
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ARTICLES AND TUTORIALS

​NET Workflows for arm64 with Amazon CodeCatalyst: Part 2, by Kirk Davis (Principal Solutions Architect for Microsoft Workloads at AWS)

Learn more:

​https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/dotnet/net-workflows-for-arm64-with-codecatalyst-part-2/​

​https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/dotnet/net-workflows-for-arm64-with-codecatalyst-part-1/​

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​Understanding spot pricing trends for a resilient and cost-efficient cloud, by Zak Harabedian (Product Architect - Spot by Netapp)

Learn more:

​https://spot.io/blog/understanding-spot-pricing-trends-for-a-resilient-and-cost-efficient-cloud/​

​https://spot.io/product/ocean/​

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​An introduction to performance measurement, analysis and optimisation on AWS EC2 Graviton-based instances, by Arthur Petitepierre (Principal Specialist Solutions Architect, AWS)

Learn more:

​https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/graviton/fast-start/​

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SLIDES, VIDEOS, and AUDIO

​[Livstream] AWS Made Easy Livestream - Ep 50 - Graviton special with Arthur Petitepierre​

A highly recommended conversation where Arthur shared a lot of great tips about how to port code to Graviton, how to do actual peformance tests with Graviton, and much more.

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​[VIDEO] AWS Partner Shorts | E1 | SoftServe, Inc with Stephanie Gooch (AWS), Ruslan Kusov (SoftServe) and Jarosław Grząbel (SoftServe)

These are a new series of videos dedicated to highlight some AWS partners, especially in the Cost Optimization side of AWS. This one in particular was to highlight a solution from SoftServe called Cloud Costs Optimization Accelerator.

​You can watch this other video if you want to learn more about it

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​[VIDEO] Automated Digital Operations Utilizing the Power of the Cloud – AWS and Mavenir​

Panel Participants:

• ​Bejoy Pankajakshan (Chief Technology and Strategy Officer, Mavenir)
• ​Aymen Saidi (Principal Solution Architect, AWS)
• ​Rabi Abdel (Global Head of Telecom Automation and Security Practice, AWS)
• ​Vara Prasad Talari (Global Head of 5G and Network Transformation Practice, AWS)

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​[VIDEO] AWS On Air ft. Introducing Amazon Aurora I/O Optimized​

Speakers:

• ​Jillian Forde (Senior Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• ​Nitesh Mehta (Senior Product Manager, Technical at AWS)
• ​Cydney Stude (AWS Service Engineering Consultant at AWS)
• ​Brian Gauci (ASL Interpreter Specialist at Amazon)

JOBS

• ​Sr Software Engineer, Graviton HPC​

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EVENTS

​Graviton Essentials - Developer Day​

Wednesday, May 31 2023 | 8:30AM - 5:00PM PDTAmazon SJC18, 2100 University Avenue, East Palo Alto, CA94303

About the event

AWS presents the Graviton Essentials Developer Day. Graviton Essentials Developer Day is a free in-person immersion event where AWS Graviton experts deliver technically-focused Graviton-based Amazon EC2 training. This full-day event helps attendees learn best practices to accelerate migration and development of their workloads on Graviton-based instances. Attendees can expect to leave Graviton Essentials Developer Day feeling confident they will know how to achieve performance gains and cost reductions from using Graviton-based instances. Sessions will cover topics such as Introduction to Graviton, programming language and focused deep dives, testing and optimization techniques, and workload deployments. Space is limited, so sign up today.

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​Presenters & Hosts

AWS Graviton Specialist Solution Architects

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​About Graviton: AWS Graviton processors are custom Arm-based processors designed by Amazon Web Services (AWS). Graviton-based instances deliver up to 20% lower cost, up to 40% better price performance, and up to 60% less energy consumption than comparable x86-based instances. With Graviton-based instances, you can:

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1. Increase and scale your application performance to enhance your customer experience

2. Reduce your operational cost
3. Support running workloads sustainably in the cloud

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Who should attend
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• Software Engineers
• Cloud Architects
• DevOps Engineers
• Platform Engineers

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What to expect
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• Introduction to Graviton
• Programming language & focused deep dives
• Testing & optimization techniques
• Workload deployments
• Hands-on working sessions
• Interaction with AWS Graviton SMEs
• Light breakfast, lunch, and happy hour

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Requirements
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• Participants need to supply their own laptop and power supply
• Some coding knowledge

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​No prior Graviton experience is necessary

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​AWS Migration Meetup: June 7, 4 PM CEST | Online​

Join Migration Meetup by N-iX on June 7th to discuss cases about migration and data engineering on AWS for business growth!

We’ll deep dive into how the Migration Acceleration Program helps organizations achieving their business goals and how to start the migration journey! And focus on AWS tools and services you need to easily collect, store, process, and analyze data in real-time, enabling you to make informed decisions faster than ever before.
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Free online event.

All Talks will be in English

Speakers:

• ​Evgeny Ershov (EMEA Business Development Manager at Amazon Web Services)
• ​Rostyslav Fedynyshyn (Data Solutions Architect | Head of Data & Analytics Practices at N-iX)
• Moderator: Wiktoria Dalach, Senior Software and Security Engineer

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From the ARM Ecosystem

• ​NVIDIA Grace Drives Wave of New Energy-Efficient Arm Supercomputers​
• ​Building a Serverless Platform on Arm64​
• ​Ampere Computing: How Cloud Native Processors are Revolutionizing Edge Computing​
• ​Bristol looks to third generation Isambard ARM supercomputer with 55,000 cores​
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