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Happy 20th Birthday, Amazon EC2
Amazon EC2 is celebrating 20 years of providing secure, resizable compute capacity on demand. It has evolved from a single instance type in one region to a foundational layer for various AWS services.
Why it matters
It allows businesses and developers to access high-performance computing and AI infrastructure without purchasing physical hardware. This reduces upfront costs and enables rapid scaling of applications and models.
The details
- EC2 expanded from one instance type to over 1,200 across 39 Regions.
- AWS introduced specialized hardware like Trainium and Inferentia for AI workloads.
- The Nitro Isolation Engine provides mathematical proof that customer workloads are isolated.
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