Amazon EC2 R8g instances powered by AWS Graviton4 now generally available

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AWS has announced the general availability of Amazon EC2 R8g instances powered by AWS Graviton4 processors, offering up to 30% better performance than Graviton3-based instances for memory-intensive workloads like databases, caches, and real-time big data analytics.

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R8g instances built on AWS Nitro System for enhanced performance and security
Up to 3x more vCPUs (up to 48) and memory (up to 1.5TB) than Graviton3-based R7g instances
Up to 40% faster for databases and 45% faster for large Java applications
12 different instance sizes, including 2 bare metal sizes
Up to 50 Gbps enhanced networking and 40 Gbps Amazon EBS bandwidth
EFA and ENA Express networking support for larger instance sizes
Initial availability in 4 AWS regions
Resources for migration and getting started

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