Amazon Web Services has presented its new Graviton3E chips. The specialized chips must work faster and more efficiently in the large data centres of the cloud giant.
Standard chips alone are no longer enough for Amazon Web Services. So the company behind one of the most extensive cloud services in the world has released a new chip, the Graviton3E. It is a CPU adapted to ‘high-performance computing’, the kind of data processing you also find in supercomputers.
The intention is that the chip will be able to run certain data-intensive apps better and more efficiently. AWS thus follows in the footsteps of Intel and AMD, who previously also adapted CPUs for specific business applications and apps used in scientific research.
Companies have long been adapting their chips to specific workloads. Think, for example, of the chips that Google uses in its data centres or CPUs that are specially made to better deal with AI training.
So now there are also chips for apps with high requirements for data processing. Consider, for example, the generation of extensive weather models. This mainly means those who purchase those services should be more careful about which chips they choose.
