AWS – Amazon OpenSearch Service now supports 4th generation Intel (C7i, M7i, R7i) instances

Amazon OpenSearch Service now supports 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors based compute optimized (C7i), general purpose (M7i), and memory optimized (R7i) instances. These instances deliver up to 15% better price performance over 3rd generation Intel C6i, M6i & R6i instances respectively. You can update your domain to the new instances seamlessly through the OpenSearch Service console or APIs.

These instances support new Intel Advanced Matrix Extensions (AMX) that accelerate matrix multiplication operations for applications such as CPU-based ML. The 4th generation Intel instances support the latest DDR5 memory, offering higher bandwidth compared to 3rd generation Intel processors. To learn more about 4th generation intel improvements, please see the following C7i blog, M7i blog & R7i blog.

One or more than one 4th generation Intel instance types are now available on Amazon OpenSearch Service across 22 regions globally: US East (N. Virginia), US East (Ohio), US West (N. California), US West (Oregon), Canada (Central), Asia Pacific (Jakarta), Asia Pacific (Malaysia), Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Asia Pacific (Seoul), Asia Pacific (Singapore), Asia Pacific (Sydney), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Europe (Frankfurt), Europe (Ireland), Europe (London), Europe (Milan), Europe (Paris), Europe (Spain), Europe (Stockholm), South America (Sao Paulo), AWS GovCloud (US-East) and AWS GovCloud (US-West).

To learn more about region specific instance type availability and their pricing, visit our pricing page. To learn more about Amazon OpenSearch Service, please visit the product page.

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