To date,
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has not deployed Generation 9 processors used by
Microsoft Azure,
Google Cloud and Aliyun Cloud, according to data from market intelligence provider
Liftr Insights.
Tab Schadt, Liftr's CEO, indicated that this represents a rare instance in which AWS is bucking its pattern of being a trendsetter in the public cloud space:
"This is inconsistent for AWS (and an interesting signal). To lag behind its peers is far from normal for AWS."
What You Need to Know About Generation 9 Processors
Generation 9 is the latest processor architectural generation and includes
Intel Sapphire Rapids,
AMD Genoa and Aliyun T-Head Yitian processors, Liftr noted. This processor generation offers support for DDR5 memory, PCIe 5.0 and CXL 1.1. Also, Generation 9 processors have more physical cores and offer greater bandwidth than their predecessors.
Aliyun Cloud was the first to deploy Generation 9 processors, Liftr reported. From here, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud deployed these processors. And, AWS is now the only top-four CSP to not deploy these processors.
Why Hasn't AWS Deployed Generation 9 Processors?
Not being one of the first CSPs to deploy Generation 9 processors is "not everything ... (but) certainly off-brand for AWS," Schadt stated.
AWS was the first CSP to deploy Generation 6 processors and second to deploy Generation 8 processors, Liftr stated. Comparatively, AWS has never deployed Generation 7 processors.
In November 2022, AWS
announced its new R7iz instance type based on the Generation 9 Intel Sapphire Rapids processor. R7iz instances
are available in preview mode and may become generally available in the near future.
AWS is the "
world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud," according to the CSP. It offers over 200 fully featured services and supports millions of customers from data centers around the world.
