https://www.infoq.com InfoQ x86 feed https://www.infoq.com/news/2025/08/ec2-r8i-intel-xeon-six/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=x86 <img src="https://www.infoq.com/styles/static/images/logo/logo_bigger.jpg"/><p>AWS has launched its eighth-generation Amazon EC2 R8i and R8i-flex instances, powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors. Designed for memory-intensive workloads, these instances offer up to 15% better price performance and enhanced memory throughput, making them ideal for real-time data processing and AI applications.</p> <i>By Steef-Jan Wiggers</i> Amazon Web Services Memory Infrastructure AWS x86 EC2 Cloud Intel Development DevOps Architecture & Design AI, ML & Data Engineering news Fri, 29 Aug 2025 10:00:00 GMT https://www.infoq.com/news/2025/08/ec2-r8i-intel-xeon-six/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=x86 Steef-Jan Wiggers 2025-08-29T10:00:00Z /news/2025/08/ec2-r8i-intel-xeon-six/en