Amazon EC2 Hpc8a Instances powered by 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors are now available

AWS announces general availability of Amazon EC2 Hpc8a instances, HPC-optimized instances powered by 5th Generation AMD EPYC processors.

• •Delivers up to 40% higher performance, 42% greater memory bandwidth, and 25% better price-performance vs previous Hpc7a instances
• •Available with 192 cores, 768 GiB memory, and up to 300 Gbps EFA networking in a single 96xlarge size
• •Uses 6th-generation AWS Nitro cards to offload CPU virtualization, storage, and networking to dedicated hardware
• •Integrates with AWS ParallelCluster, AWS PCS for cluster management, and Amazon FSx for Lustre for high-throughput storage
• •Now available in US East (Ohio) and Europe (Stockholm) regions via On-Demand and Savings Plan pricing