I'm a Data Engineer by day at Riot Games (via X-Team ) and by night, I curate the last news/product announcements/resources about AWS Silicon (AWS Graviton, Nitro, Inferentia, and Trainium).
AWS Graviton Weekly # 60
Issue # 60: October 20, 2023 to October 27, 2023
Hey Reader.
Welcome to Issue # 60 of AWS Graviton Weekly, which will be focused on sharing everything that happened in the past week related to AWS Silicon: from October 20, 2023, to October 27, 2023.
Things you can't miss:
- The articles section is short but packed with great resources
- The amazing conversation about cost-effective Generative AI with AWS Inferentia
- the video about how DoorDash managed CockroachDB clusters at scale (Hint: Graviton plays a key role there)
Now, back to business.
Recommendation of the week: CAST.AI
NEWS
- Amazon EC2 C6gn instances are now available in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
- Amazon OpenSearch Service now supports Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)
- Amazon EC2 I4i instances introduce two new sizes: i4i.12xlarge and i4i.24xlarge
- Announcing general availability of Amazon EC2 M2 Mac instances for macOS
- Yugabyte Secures AWS Data & Analytics Competency Status Plus AWS Service Validations for AWS Graviton and AWS PrivateLink
ARTICLES AND TUTORIALS
- How can Arm chips like AWS Graviton or Apple M1/2 be faster and cheaper than x86 chips from Intel or AMD, by Cristian Măgherușan-Stanciu
- Mixing AWS Graviton with x86 CPUs to optimize cost and resiliency using Amazon EKS, by Yahav Biran and Yuval Dovrat
- Comparing AWS Lambda Arm vs. x86 Performance, Cost, and Analysis, by JV Roig, Deborshi Choudhury, Josh DeMuth, and Rishi Singla
SLIDES, AUDIO AND VIDEO
[Livestream] Getting started with cost-effective generative AI using AWS Inferentia, with Shruti Koparkar and Hunter Carlisle
[Livestream] Live with American Chip: Elevate Your Code on Arm with Micaela Goytia & Gunaranjan Kurucheti
[Video] How DoorDash manages high-availability CockroachDB clusters at massive scale ( RoachFest 2023) with Michael Czabator
EVENTS
Packaging and distributing multi-architecture Python Modules on AWS, with Art Baudo and Arthur Petitpierre (October 31st at 2 PM PT / 5 PM ET)
AWS Community Day - México 2023
(Saturday, November 11, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM )
From the ARM Ecosystem
- Exclusive: Nvidia to make Arm-based PC chips in major new challenge to Intel
- How Arm Total Design is built around 5 key building blocks
- Supermicro Launches NVIDIA MGX Systems and We Find a Grace Hopper 1U
- Arm and Synopsys Expand Collaboration to Accelerate Custom Silicon on Advanced Nodes
Marcos Ortiz
I'm a Data Engineer by day at Riot Games (via X-Team ) and by night, I curate the last news/product announcements/resources about AWS Silicon (AWS Graviton, Nitro, Inferentia, and Trainium).
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