AI Briefing5th Generation AMD EPYC-based Amazon EC2 Hpc8a Instances Now Generally Available
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The 5th generation AMD EPYC-based EC2 Hpc8a has launched with up to 40% faster HPC performance.
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Amazon EC2 Hpc8a has been officially launched. It features 5th generation AMD EPYC processors running at up to 4.5GHz, designed for compute-intensive, tightly-coupled HPC workloads.
Compared to the previous generation Hpc7a, it delivers up to 40% performance improvement, 42% increase in memory bandwidth, and up to 25% better price-performance. It is offered in a single size, Hpc8a.96xlarge, with 192 cores, 768 GiB of memory, up to 300 Gbps EFA networking, and 75 Gbps network bandwidth.
It uses AWS Nitro 6th generation cards to offload CPU virtualization, storage, and networking functions, and SMT is disabled for optimal performance. It can be used with AWS ParallelCluster, AWS PCS, and Amazon FSx for Lustre, and is currently available for purchase on-demand and via Savings Plans in the US East (Ohio) and Europe (Stockholm) regions.
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