Issue # 80: March 22, 2024 to March 29, 2024

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Welcome to Issue # 80 of AWS Graviton Weekly, which will be focused on sharing everything that happened in the past week related to AWS Silicon: from March 22, 2024, to March 29, 2024.

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Things you can't miss in this issue:

• The video that explains how Adobe migrated its RTB platform from 0% in Graviton-based instances to 73% Graviton based, saved 20% of costs per EC2 instance in the process and the platform even more performant, in an incredible 23% improvement
• AWS Compute Optimizer now supports 51 additional EC2 instances
• and much more

Tool of the week: Antimetal​

NEWS

• ​AWS Lambda Functions powered by AWS Graviton2 now available in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions​
• ​Amazon EC2 C7gn metal instance is now available​
• ​Amazon and Anthropic deepen their shared commitment to advancing generative AI​
• ​New ECS-Optimized AMIs support AL2 Kernel 5.10 for GPU and Inf Instances​​
• ​Amazon EC2 M7a instances are now available in additional regions​​
• ​AWS Compute Optimizer introduces memory customizability for EC2 rightsizing recommendations​
• ​ElastiCache Serverless adds more controls for scaling​
• ​AWS Compute Optimizer now supports 51 new EC2 instance types​​
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ARTICLES AND TUTORIALS

• ​Get ready for performance analysis with Sysreport, by James Whitaker (Arm)

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• ​Accelerating simulated quantum annealing on AWS Graviton processors, by Kohji Nishimura, Yoshitaka Haribara, and Perminder Singh​

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• ​AWS Well-Architected Framework - Comprehensive guide, by ​Logeswaran Vinayagam​

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• ​How Amazon optimized its high-volume financial reconciliation process with Amazon EMR for higher scalability and performance, by Jeeshan Khetrapal and Sakti Mishra​

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• ​Protect 5G subscriber credentials in the Cloud with AWS Nitro Enclaves, by Ruben Merz

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• ​Advanced RAG patterns on Amazon SageMaker, by Niithiyn Vijeaswaran, AJ Dhimine, Armando Diaz, Sebastian Bustillo, Farooq Sabir, and Marco Punio​

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• ​Elevating cluster software development with QNX Hypervisor on AWS, by Dr. Patrick Bartsch, Chavi Gupta, Christ Habib, and Varun Kumar​

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• ​CUDOS framework version 5.3, by Yuriy Prykhodko. Note: the full CHANGELOG is here. For those who don't know what CUDOS means: it's Cloud Intelligence Dashboards

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SLIDES, AUDIO AND VIDEO

• ​AWS re:Invent 2023 - Sustainable compute: Reducing costs and carbon emissions with AWS (CMP212), with Jackson Wagstaff (AWS), Sridhar Ayala (Adobe), and Robert McCone (AWS)

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• ​Under the Hood with AWS: Measuring Amazon EC2 System Performance using AWS APerf, with Art Baudo (AWS), and Arthur Petitpierre (AWS)

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• ​Gemini Pro Review, AWS News, Compute Optimizer announcement, and How to Save on RDS, with Stephen J. Barr and Rahul Subramaniam from Cloudfix​​​

EVENTS

​Cost Optimization for Compute Workshop
(Monday 15th April 08:00 - 11:00 GMT-5)​

Speakers:

• ​Christian Melendez (AWS)
• ​Syl Taylor (AWS)
• ​Louis Demerliac (AWS)

From the ARM Ecosystem

• ​Accelerated Networking on Arm​
• ​MDK v6 released​
• ​BOLT optimization technology could bring obvious performance uplift on arm server​​
• ​ARM's New AE Chips for Autonomous Driving: Everything You Need to Know​​
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