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Amazon EC2 Hpc8a instances are now available in Asia Pacific (Singapore)

Amazon EC2 Hpc8a instances, powered by 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors, deliver up to 40% higher performance and up to 25% better price performance compared to Hpc7a instances

Amazon EC2 Hpc8a instances are now available in the Asia Pacific (Singapore) region, featuring 5th-gen AMD EPYC processors (code-named Turin) with speeds up to 4.5GHz, delivering up to 40% better performance and 25% improved price performance over Hpc7a instances. They also offer up to 42% higher memory bandwidth, boosting performance for memory-intensive simulations and scientific computing workloads. Built on the latest 6th-gen AWS Nitro Cards, Hpc8a instances are designed for compute-intensive, latency-sensitive HPC workloads such as computational fluid dynamics (CFD), weather forecasting, explicit finite element analysis (FEA), and multiphysics simulations that require fast, consistent high-performance inter-node communication. To get started, sign in to the AWS Management Console. For more details, see the Amazon EC2 Hpc8a instance page or the AWS News Blog.

Why it matters

Amazon EC2 Hpc8a instances are designed for compute-intensive, latency-sensitive HPC workloads, particularly beneficial for fields such as computational fluid dynamics, weather forecasting, finite element analysis, and multiphysics simulations

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