Amazon EC2 C8i instances are now available in Europe (Ireland) and Asia Pacific (New Zealand) regions
Amazon Web Services has expanded availability of its C8i compute instances to the Europe (Ireland) and Asia Pacific (New Zealand) regions. The C8i instances are powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors exclusively available on AWS, delivering what the company claims is the highest performance and fastest memory bandwidth among comparable Intel processors in the cloud. The new instances offer up to 15% better price-performance and 2.5x more memory bandwidth compared to previous generation Intel-based instances. The C8i instances demonstrate significant performance improvements over the previous C7i generation, with up to 20% higher overall performance and even greater gains for specific workloads. AWS reports that C8i instances deliver up to 60% faster performance for NGINX web applications, up to 40% faster processing for AI deep learning recommendation models, and 35% faster performance for Memcached stores compared to C7i instances. The instances are designed for memory-intensive workloads and offer 13 different sizes, including two bare metal options and a new 96xlarge size for large-scale applications.
Why It Matters
This expansion brings AWS's latest compute-optimized instances to key international markets, giving organizations in Europe and Asia Pacific access to significantly improved processing capabilities for demanding workloads. The custom Intel Xeon 6 processors represent a strategic collaboration between AWS and Intel, demonstrating how cloud providers are developing specialized silicon to gain competitive advantages in performance and efficiency.
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