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Announcing new memory-optimized Amazon EC2 X8aedz Instances

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This article announces the general availability of Amazon EC2 X8aedz instances, next-generation memory-optimized instances powered by 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors.

  • Highest maximum CPU frequency at 5GHz in the cloud
  • Up to 2x higher compute performance than previous X2iezn instances
  • 31% better price-performance compared to previous generation
  • Built with sixth generation AWS Nitro Cards
  • Ideal for EDA workloads and relational databases
  • 32:1 memory-to-vCPU ratio with up to 3,072 GiB memory
  • Available in 8 sizes from 2 to 96 vCPUs
  • Up to 8 TB local NVMe SSD storage
  • Available in US West (Oregon) and Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
  • Purchasable via Savings Plans, On-Demand, and Spot instances

X8aedz instances provide high-performance computing for memory-intensive workloads requiring fast single-threaded processing and large memory capacity.



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