Amazon EC2 Hpc8a instances are now available in Asia Pacific (Tokyo) and AWS GovCloud (US-West)

Starting today, Amazon EC2 Hpc8a instances are available in Asia Pacific (Tokyo) and AWS GovCloud (US-West) regions. These instances are powered by 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors (formerly code named Turin). With a maximum frequency of 4.5GHz, Hpc8a instances deliver up to 40% higher performance and up to 25% better price performance compared to Hpc7a instances, helping customers accelerate compute-intensive workloads while optimizing costs. Compared to Hpc7a instances, Hpc8a instances also provide up to 42% higher memory bandwidth, further improving performance for memory-intensive simulations and scientific computing workloads. Built on the latest sixth-generation [AWS Nitro Cards](https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/nitro/), Hpc8a instances are designed for compute-intensive, latency-sensitive HPC workloads. They are ideal for tightly coupled applications such as computational fluid dynamics (CFD), weather forecasting, explicit finite element analysis (FEA), and multiphysics simulations that require fast inter-node communication and consistent high performance. To get started, sign in to the [AWS Management Console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/?trk=d8ec3b19-0f37-4f8c-8c12-189f913e205c&sc%5Fchannel=el). For more information visit the [Amazon EC2 Hpc8a instance page](https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/hpc8a/) or [AWS news blog](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-ec2-hpc8a-instances-powered-by-5th-gen-amd-epyc-processors-are-now-available).