HPC Cloud Updates WE 19 Jan 2025
Updates to AWS, Azure & GCP in the last week relevant for HPC practitioners
AWS
AWS Parallel Compute Service used for Cryo-EM data processing
Scalable Cryo-EM on AWS Parallel Computing Service (PCS) | Amazon Web Services
Cryo-EM data processing just got a major boost! Learn how AWS Parallel Computing Service can help structural biology teams scale their HPC infrastructure and streamline Cryo-EM research. Discover a recommended reference architecture that leverages the power of the cloud.
AWS are pumping out regions like EC2 instances at the moment! Mexico Central is now online
Now open — AWS Mexico (Central) Region | Amazon Web Services
AWS launches its first cloud Region in Mexico, enabling digital transformation with local infrastructure, delivering low latency, and helping customers meet data residency requirements, backed by a planned $5 billion investment over 15 years.
Still using Windows servers? Really? In 2025? Oh well. AWS is making your life easier by letting you create AMI from ISOs
EC2 Image Builder simplifies converting Windows ISO files to AMIs - AWS
Discover more about what’s new at AWS with EC2 Image Builder simplifies converting Windows ISO files to AMIs
c7i and m7i now available in Flex versions in 12xlarge and 16xlarge flavours. r8g is available in Sydney and Spain, i8g in Frankfurt, m8g in Stockholm
Introducing new larger sizes on Amazon EC2 Flex instances - AWS
Discover more about what’s new at AWS with Introducing new larger sizes on Amazon EC2 Flex instances
Amazon EC2 C7i-flex instances are now available in the AWS GovCloud (US-West) Region - AWS
Discover more about what’s new at AWS with Amazon EC2 C7i-flex instances are now available in the AWS GovCloud (US-West) Region
Amazon EC2 R8g instances now available in additional regions - AWS
Discover more about what’s new at AWS with Amazon EC2 R8g instances now available in additional regions
Amazon EC2 I8g instances are now available in Europe (Frankfurt) region - AWS
Discover more about what’s new at AWS with Amazon EC2 I8g instances are now available in Europe (Frankfurt) region
Amazon EC2 M8g instances now available in AWS Europe (Stockholm) - AWS
Discover more about what’s new at AWS with Amazon EC2 M8g instances now available in AWS Europe (Stockholm)
Azure
Using a lot of GPUs on Azure with Cycle Cloud Slurm? No? Want to know how to?
GPU Slicing in CycleCloud Slurm with CUDA Multi-Process Service (MPS) | Microsoft Community Hub
High-performance computing thrives on efficient GPU resource sharing, and integrating NVIDIA’s CUDA Multi-Process Service (MPS) with…
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Google Cloud
Google’s first Axion based instances are now GA.
First Google Axion processor, C4A, now GA with Titanium SSD | Google Cloud Blog
Now GA, Google C4A Axion processors and Titanium SSD deliver strong price-performance for Arm-compatible general-purpose workloads.
Updates to AI Hypercomputer to run multi node workloads and improve inference
A3 Ultra with NVIDIA H200 GPUs are GA on AI Hypercomputer | Google Cloud Blog
A3 Ultra VMs and Hypercompute Cluster are GA for AI Hypercomputer, and experimental support for vLLM provides makes inference on TPUs easier.
