Microsoft’s Cobalt 100 ARM CPUs are widely available in the Azure cloud.
With Microsoft’s new Cobalt 100 ARM CPUs for Azure, there is a new way to run non-x86 virtual machines in the cloud, The Register knows.
Three instances
The processors support three instances: Dpsv6, Dpslv6 and Epsv6. The Dpsv6 and Dplsv6 instances are intended for general computing applications. The Dpsv6 offers a whole range of VMs. Ranging from machines with 2 virtual CPUs (vCPUs) and 8 GiB of memory for $51 per month, to powerful machines with 96 vCPUs and 384 GiB of RAM for $2,460 per month. These are suitable for Web and application servers, medium-sized databases, and caching applications.
Dplsv6 instances have half the memory and are slightly cheaper, starting at $45 per month for the smallest version to $2,172 for the largest. These are ideal for small databases, caching and game servers.
The Epsv6 VMs offer 8 GiB per vCPU. You pay $67 monthly for a VM with two vCPUs, and that can go up to $3,230 for a 96-core machine. This configuration is suitable for relational database servers, large databases, data analytics platforms and in-memory caching.
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Microsoft’s Cobalt 100 CPU now available for Azure Virtual Machines
Microsoft says the Cobalt Virtual Machines are 1.4 times faster than previous generations of Azure ARM Virtual Machines. In addition, they are said to be 1.5 times faster for Java workloads and twice as fast for Web servers, .NET applications and in-memory caches.
Currently, Virtual Machines are available in Azure regions such as Canada, the U.S., Germany, and Japan. They are also expected to be released in Australia, Brazil, India, and France, among others, by 2024.