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AWS Outposts racks now support bmn-cx3a instances, the first AMD-based instances with accelerated networking on Outposts

AWS Outposts introduces bmn-cx3a instances featuring 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors and up to 800 Gbps bare-metal accelerated networking, designed for high-throughput workloads like real-time market data and telecom 5G core networks.

AWS announces the availability of bmn-cx3a instances on second-generation AWS Outposts racks. Bmn-cx3a instances feature 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors with a maximum frequency of 4.1 GHz and NVIDIA ConnectX-7 (CX7) network interface cards, delivering up to 800 Gbps of bare-metal accelerated network bandwidth operating at near line rate. Bmn-cx3a instances offer up to 256 cores and 1.5 TB of memory across two sizes, bmn-cx3a.metal-32xl and bmn-cx3a.metal-64xl, with 2x 8 TB NVMe SSD storage. With native Layer 2 (L2) multicast and hardware Precision Time Protocol (PTP) support, bmn-cx3a instances are designed for high-throughput workloads such as real-time market data ingestion and distribution, market and risk analytics, telecom 5G core network applications, and media distribution. Bmn-cx3a instances on AWS Outposts racks are available in all countries and regions where second-generation Outposts racks are supported.

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