ChipsThe story, in brief
AWS Graviton5 Reaches General Availability with 192 Cores and Formally Verified VM Isolation
192 cores. AWS Graviton5 just went GA with 15% better price-performance than Graviton4—and Meta already committed tens of millions of cores.
The KeyNews take
Why it matters
AWS's custom silicon is closing the performance gap with mainstream CPUs while improving unit economics for AI/ML workloads. This directly impacts infrastructure capex decisions for any org running compute-intensive AI at scale.
The key facts
6 to knowAWS Graviton5: 192 ARM cores, DDR5-8800 memory
ClickHouse reports 36% performance improvement with zero code changes
Meta committed tens of millions of cores to Graviton5
9% price premium over Graviton4 translates to ~15% better price-performance
Formally verified VM isolation via Nitro Isolation Engine
M9g and M9gd EC2 instances now generally available
Go to the source
InfoQ AI/MLinfoq.com
Publisher excerpt: AWS made Graviton5-powered EC2 M9g and M9gd instances generally available with 192 ARM cores, formally verified VM isolation via the Nitro Isolation Engine, and DDR5-8800 memory. ClickHouse reported 36% better performance with zero code changes. Meta committed tens of millions of cores. On-demand…