Amazon EC2 now allows customers to modify an instance’s CPU options after launch. You can now modify the number of vCPUs and/or disable the hyperthreading of a stopped EC2 instance to save on vCPU-based licensing costs. In… Article Source https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2024/10/amazon-ec2-optimize-cpus-post-instance-launch/
Microsoft has announced a major update to the general purpose service tier for Azure SQL Managed Instance. This update will greatly enhance the storage performance of instances without increasing the cost, making it a more cost-effective option for users. The improvements include support for up to 32 TB of storage, the ability to support 500 … Read more
The Llama family of large language models (LLMs) by Meta AI ranges from 7 billion to 70 billion parameters. Llama uses a transformers-based decoder-only model architecture, specializing in language token generation. Training Llama models from scratch requires trillions of tokens in a dataset. While popular, training Llama models can be technically challenging, time-consuming, and expensive. … Read more
VMware Inc. today debuted an enhanced version of its VMware Cloud on AWS platform that adds support for one of Amazon Web Services Inc.’s newest bare-metal instances. The update was announced at the AWS re:Invent 2023 conference in Las Vegas. It will become available in VMware’s fiscal fourth quarter, which runs from November to late … Read more