Amazon Internet Providers kicks off its AWS re:Invent occasion as we speak from Las Vegas with a rapid-fire stream of bulletins, together with many unveilings of current issues it’s been engaged on.
We all know you don’t at all times have time to look at the entire keynote as we speak, so we’re taking that on and can ship fast hits of the largest information as they’re introduced, all in an easy-to-digest, easy-to-skim record. Right here we go!
Keep tuned for extra developments all through the day.
New chips
AWS Graviton4 and AWS Trainium (prototype) (Picture credit score: Enterprise Wire)
Amazon unveiled the newest technology of its chips for mannequin coaching and inferencing (i.e. operating educated fashions). Kyle writes that Amazon already mentioned AWS Trainium2, designed to ship as much as 4x higher efficiency and 2x higher power effectivity than the first-generation Trainium. The second chip was introduced this morning, referred to as the Graviton4, is meant for inferencing. The fourth technology in Amazon’s Graviton chip household (as implied by the “4” appended to “Graviton”), it’s distinct from Amazon’s different inferencing chip, Inferentia. Learn extra.
AWS S3 Specific One Zone
Amazon AWS has a significant replace to its S3 object storage service referred to as AWS S3 Specific One Zone, a brand new high-performance and low latency tier for S3. Frederic studies that One Zone will supply a significant efficiency enchancment for data-intensive purposes, together with AI/ML coaching, monetary modeling and high-performance computing. Learn extra.
Going serverless
Amazon publicizes three new serverless choices to make it simpler to handle Aurora, Elastic Cache and Redshift serverless companies. Ron writes that “As a result of every of those choices is severless, it implies that Amazon manages all the {hardware} within the background, and delivers simply the correct quantity of assets you want, scaling up when wanted with out IT having to take care of all the back-end administration work.” Learn extra.
Now that’s utilizing your palm
Amazon One Enterprise
AWS lifted the lid on a new palm-scanning id service that permits corporations to authenticate folks when coming into bodily premises. Paul studies that Amazon One Enterprise builds on the corporate’s present Amazon One providing which it debuted again in 2020 to allow biometric funds in Amazon’s personal surveillance-powered cashierless shops. Guests to Amazon Go shops can affiliate their fee card with their palm-print, permitting them to enter the shop and full their transaction by hovering their hand over a scanner. Learn extra.
Digital desktop setting
Picture Credit: Amazon
Amazon launched new $195 gadgets that enable enterprise customers to entry digital desktop environments, like Amazon WorkSpaces, over the web. Sarah writes that the gadgets are housed in Fireplace TV Dice {hardware} — a call Amazon made to leverage present experience from the arm of the retail large that makes streaming media gamers. The corporate defined its determination to construct new {hardware} got here from buyer suggestions about eager to decrease IT spending by changing desktops and laptops with cheaper {hardware}. Learn extra.
