bartek@aws: ~/news
$ whoami
$ AWS Architect · DevOps · Cloud
Monday, August 31, 2026

AWS Graviton5 Powers New R9g and R9gd Instances for Memory-Heavy Workloads

Amazon EC2's fresh R9g and R9gd instances, built on AWS Graviton5 processors, are now live in US East, US West, and EU Frankfurt regions. These memory-optimized beasts deliver up to 25% better compute performance than their Graviton4 predecessors, with databases running 30% faster and ML workloads hitting 35% speed gains—plus they're the first to feature AWS's mathematically-proven Nitro Isolation Engine for security.

source: [aws/whats-new]