New Amazon EC2 P5en instances with NVIDIA H200 Tensor Core GPUs and EFAv3 networking

Amazon EC2 P5en instances deliver up to 3,200 Gbps network bandwidth with EFAv3 for accelerating deep learning, generative AI, and HPC workloads with unmatched efficiency.

Introducing storage optimized Amazon EC2 I8g instances powered by AWS Graviton4 processors and 3rd gen AWS Nitro SSDs

Elevate storage performance with AWS’s newest I8g instances, which deliver unparalleled speed and efficiency for I/O-intensive workloads.

Announcing future-dated Amazon EC2 On-Demand Capacity Reservations

AWS EC2 Capacity Reservations empowers you to secure compute capacity for critical future workloads up to 120 days ahead, ensuring seamless performance during peak demand events like product launches or seasonal sales.

AWS Lambda SnapStart for Python and .NET functions is now generally available

AWS Lambda SnapStart boosts Python and .NET functions’ startup times to sub-second levels, often with minimal code changes, enabling highly responsive and scalable serverless apps.

Give AI a Look: Any Industry Can Now Search and Summarize Vast Volumes of Visual Data

Enterprises and public sector organizations around the world are developing AI agents to boost the capabilities of workforces that rely on visual information from a growing number of devices — including cameras, IoT sensors and vehicles. To support their work, a new NVIDIA AI Blueprint for video search and summarization will enable developers in virtually
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Convert AWS console actions to reusable code with AWS Console-to-Code, now generally available

AWS Console-to-Code generates reusable infrastructure as code from your AWS console actions, supporting Amazon EC2, RDS, and VPC. With a few clicks, get CloudFormation, CDK (TypeScript, Python, Java), or CLI code – a game-changer for streamlining cloud automation workflows.

High-Speed AI: Hitachi Rail Advances Real-Time Railway Analysis Using NVIDIA Technology

Hitachi Rail, a global transportation company powering railway systems in over 50 countries, is integrating NVIDIA AI technology to lower maintenance costs for rail operators, reduce train idling time and improve transit reliability for passengers. The company is adopting NVIDIA IGX — an industrial-grade, enterprise-level platform that delivers high-bandwidth sensor processing, powerful AI compute, functional
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AWS Weekly Roundup: Amazon EC2 X8g Instances, Amazon Q generative SQL for Amazon Redshift, AWS SDK for Swift, and more (Sep 23, 2024)

AWS Community Days have been in full swing around the world. I am going to put the spotlight on AWS Community Day Argentina where Jeff Barr delivered the keynote, talks and shared his nuggets of wisdom with the community, including a fun story of how he once followed Bill Gates to a McDonald’s! I encourage […]

Announcing AWS Parallel Computing Service to run HPC workloads at virtually any scale

With AWS Parallel Computing Service, run HPC workloads at virtually any scale effortlessly; leverage Slurm and managed clusters to accelerate simulations.

AWS Weekly Roundup: S3 Conditional writes, AWS Lambda, JAWS Pankration, and more (August 26, 2024)

The AWS User Group Japan (JAWS-UG) hosted JAWS PANKRATION 2024 themed ‘No Border’. This is a 24-hour online event where AWS Heroes, AWS Community Builders, AWS User Group leaders, and others from around the world discuss topics ranging from cultural discussions to technical talks. One of the speakers at this event, Kevin Tuei, an AWS […]