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Now available: Graviton4-powered memory-optimized Amazon EC2 X8g instances

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This article announces the availability of new Amazon EC2 X8g instances powered by AWS Graviton4 processors. These memory-optimized instances offer enhanced performance, security, and efficiency.

Specifically, the article covers:

  • Overview of the X8g instances, including their virtual and bare metal sizes, memory capacity, and networking bandwidth
  • Improvements over the previous X2gd generation, such as 3x more memory, vCPUs, and EBS bandwidth
  • Security features of Graviton4 processors and the 5th generation AWS Nitro System
  • Use cases like databases, electronic design automation (EDA), and memory-intensive workloads
  • Availability across AWS regions and pricing models
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