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  • AWS News Blog: Introducing new compute-optimized Amazon EC2 C8i and C8i-flex instances

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    Source URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/introducing-new-compute-optimized-amazon-ec2-c8i-and-c8i-flex-instances/ Source: AWS News Blog Title: Introducing new compute-optimized Amazon EC2 C8i and C8i-flex instances Feedly Summary: AWS launched compute-optimized C8i and C8i-flex EC2 instances powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors available only on AWS to offer up to 15% better price performance, 20% higher performance, and 2.5 times more memory throughput…

  • Cloud Blog: 11 ways to reduce your Google Cloud compute costs today

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/cost-saving-strategies-when-migrating-to-google-cloud-compute/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: 11 ways to reduce your Google Cloud compute costs today Feedly Summary: As the saying goes, “a penny saved is a penny earned," and this couldn’t be more true when it comes to cloud infrastructure. In today’s competitive business landscape, you need to maintain the performance to meet…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Two more Chinese pelicans

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/1/two-pelicans/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Two more Chinese pelicans Feedly Summary: Two new models from Chinese AI labs in the past few days. I tried them both out using llm-openrouter: DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp from DeepSeek. Announcement, Tech Report, Hugging Face (690GB, MIT license). As an intermediate step toward our next-generation architecture, V3.2-Exp builds upon…

  • Cloud Blog: Unlock next-gen VMs using GKE compute classes and Compute Flexible CUDs

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/adopt-new-vm-series-with-gke-compute-classes-flexible-cuds/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Unlock next-gen VMs using GKE compute classes and Compute Flexible CUDs Feedly Summary: Organizations are consistently looking to gain an edge with the latest advancements in cloud computing. New Google Compute Engine and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Gen4 machine series including N4, C4, C4A, C4D, to name a…

  • Cloud Blog: GPUs when you need them: Introducing Flex-start VMs

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/introducing-flex-start-vms-for-the-compute-engine-instance-api/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: GPUs when you need them: Introducing Flex-start VMs Feedly Summary: Innovating with AI requires accelerators such as GPUs that can be hard to come by in times of extreme demand. To address this challenge, we offer Dynamic Workload Scheduler (DWS), a service that optimizes access to compute resources…

  • The Register: Sorry, but DeepSeek didn’t really train its flagship model for $294,000

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/19/deepseek_cost_train/ Source: The Register Title: Sorry, but DeepSeek didn’t really train its flagship model for $294,000 Feedly Summary: Training costs detailed in R1 training report don’t include 2.79 million GPU hours that laid its foundation Chinese AI darling DeepSeek’s now infamous R1 research report was published in the Journal Nature this week, alongside…

  • Cloud Blog: 5 best practices for Managed Lustre on Google Kubernetes Engine

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/containers-kubernetes/gke-managed-lustre-csi-driver-for-aiml-and-hpc-workloads/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: 5 best practices for Managed Lustre on Google Kubernetes Engine Feedly Summary: Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) is a powerful platform for orchestrating scalable AI and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads. But as clusters grow and jobs become more data-intensive, storage I/O can become a bottleneck. Your powerful GPUs and…

  • AWS News Blog: Best performance and fastest memory with the new Amazon EC2 R8i and R8i-flex instances

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    Source URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/best-performance-and-fastest-memory-with-the-new-amazon-ec2-r8i-and-r8i-flex-instances/ Source: AWS News Blog Title: Best performance and fastest memory with the new Amazon EC2 R8i and R8i-flex instances Feedly Summary: R8i and R8i-flex instances powered by Intel Xeon processors offer up to 15% better price performance, 20% higher performance, and 2.5 times more memory throughput compared to previous generations. AI Summary…