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- Intel’s custom xeon -chips target databases and massive cloud -data tasks
- Memory bandwidth defines AWS’s new Intel-driven servers for demanding applications
Intel has received some positive news after Amazon Web Services (AWS) confirmed that it is rolling new virtual server settings built on custom versions of Intel’s Xeon 6 processors.
These new options, known as R8I and R8I-Flex, provide AWS customers with additional choices as they rent computing power through the cloud.
For Intel, this marks a rare victory at a time when rivals such as AMD and arm-based processors have caught more of the market.
What r8i and r8i-flex actually brings
AWS said both R8I and R8I-Flex supports the “DDR5 7200MT/S memory” and can run “up to 3.9 GHz all-core turbo frequency.”
The R8I family ranges over a wide range scaling from only two to 384 VCPUs that match the ability of double-socess servers driven by Intel’s 96-Core XEON 6-chips as AWS defines a VCPU as a thread of a core.
Although AWS has not revealed further details of what makes these custom Xeon different, the focus on memory bandwidth appears to be the defining factor for these implementations.
AWS markets the new occurrences for memory-heavy use cases, including SQL and Nosql databases, Caches in memory such as Memcached and Redis, SAP HANA implementations and data frames such as Apache Hadoop and Apache Spark.
Customers also have the opportunity to adjust how bandwidth is distributed between networking functions and Amazon’s elastic block store connections, which AWS suggests can cause measurable database performance improvements.
This positioning reflects how skyshosting and cloud storage increasingly depend on optimized hardware to handle large workloads, especially those bound to analysis and business resource planning.
Hyperskalaud providers such as Oracle have previously promoted unique Xeon configurations with extra cores or slightly faster watches, while AWS itself has highlighted previous rounds of tailor -made Intel processors.
The arrival of these new Xeons therefore fits into an established pattern, but still shows that Intel remains relevant to major providers.
The improvements to the memory bandwidth, although not a complete architectural overhaul, are enough for AWS to publicly promote the chips as competitive in its portfolio.
For Intel, this order continues, which remains dependent on a crucial customer at a time when alternative architectures such as AMDS EPYC and arm-based design are gaining ground.
For AWS, it extends the range of benefits available to clients whose workload requires high memory flow and stable performance across large clusters.
In an era where AI tools and demand for data processing form, Intel does not completely lose; It still has a place in the core of Sky Infrastructure.
