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Amazon EC2 C6in Arrives in Asia Pacific (Taipei)!

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Hey everyone, it's Shiichan! Here's another update about an AWS instance landing in a new region.

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What was announced?

According to AWS What's New, Amazon EC2 C6in instances are now available in Asia Pacific (Taipei).

C6in is a sixth-generation network-optimized instance built on 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors and the AWS Nitro System. It's a good fit for network virtual appliances (firewalls, virtual routers, load balancers), Telco 5G User Plane Function (UPF), data analytics, high-performance computing (HPC), and CPU-based AI/ML workloads.

The story so far

C6in was already available across a wide range of regions — the US, Europe, the Middle East, Israel, Africa, South America, Canada, AWS GovCloud, and in Asia Pacific: Hong Kong, Hyderabad, Jakarta, Malaysia, Melbourne, Mumbai, Osaka, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, and Thailand. But engineers running infrastructure in Taipei didn't have it as an option yet.

What changes

Engineers in the Taipei region can now pick C6in directly. That's great news for network-intensive workloads like virtual appliances or 5G UPF, which can now run in a region close to home.

Dive Deep

Here's the spec sheet.

  • Up to 200 Gbps of network bandwidth (2x more than the 5th generation)
  • 10 instance sizes including bare metal, up to 128 vCPUs
  • Up to 100 Gbps of Amazon EBS bandwidth, up to 400K IOPS
  • Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA) support on 32xlarge and metal sizes

Wrap-up

  • Amazon EC2 C6in is now available in Asia Pacific (Taipei)
  • Up to 200 Gbps network bandwidth, 2x more than the 5th generation
  • Built for network virtual appliances, 5G UPF, HPC, and CPU-based AI/ML workloads
  • Great for engineers running network-intensive workloads in the Taipei region!

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