AWS Graviton 3 Processor Launch

AWS Unveils Graviton 3 Processors

During its yearly re:Invent event, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has revealed its latest iteration of Arm-based Graviton processors, known as the Graviton 3.

The company asserts that this new chip delivers a performance increase of 25% compared to its predecessors.

Specifically, it offers double the floating-point performance and a threefold acceleration for machine learning tasks.

Furthermore, AWS states that the Graviton 3 will consume 60% less power.

Powering the New EC2 C7g Instances

These advancements will be integrated into the new EC2 C7g instances available on the AWS cloud platform.

Notably, these instances represent the first to utilize DDR5 memory, contributing to the reduced power consumption.

This updated memory technology provides a 50% increase in bandwidth compared to the DDR4 memory found in previous Graviton-based instances.

Wide Range of Workload Applications

According to AWS’s Jeff Barr, these new chips and instances are expected to be beneficial across a diverse spectrum of applications.

These include demanding compute tasks such as HPC, batch processing, electronic design automation (EDA), media encoding, scientific modeling, ad serving, distributed analytics, and CPU-based machine learning inference.