AWS Graviton Weekly # 80


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

Hey Reader.

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.

Before doing the normal stuff I do here every week, let me share with you an exciting product I'm building here.

Some of you have always asked about having a single place with all the resources I've shared here in this newsletter since its foundation, but even better a place where you could quickly find the best tips about not only saving money using Graviton-based instances but also building more efficient operations as well.

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Now, back to business.

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


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ARTICLES AND TUTORIALS


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Highly recommended to have a more holistic view of your AWS Billings every month.


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EVENTS

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

At AWS, saving customers money is part of our DNA. It was a founding principle of AWS back in 2006 and continues to shape everything we do, from how we develop products to how we build greater efficiency into our operations. AWS is relentless in inventing new ways to increase performance while optimizing costs and today offers the broadest and deepest functionality for computing.

Speakers:


From the ARM Ecosystem

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 (Graviton, AWS Nitro, Inferentia, and Trainium).

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