SANTA CLARA, CA, Apr 2, 2019 – Ampere, a developer of high-performance Arm-based microprocessors for cloud and edge servers, and Packet, the leading bare metal automation platform for developers, today announced a partnership that delivers on-demand and cost-effective bare metal access to Ampere’s high-performance eMAG platform.
Ampere eMAG processors deliver excellent total cost of ownership (TCO) value, high-performance compute, high-memory capacity, and rich I/O to address general-purpose workloads such as web servers, containers, distributed databases and big data analytics.
“Adoption of our eMAG server platforms is growing across a diverse set of customers and applications,” said Matt Taylor, senior vice president of worldwide sales and business development at Ampere. “This partnership broadens access to our platform to users looking for high-performance and cost-effective Arm-based processors to run their applications.”
Packet’s new c2.large.arm configuration pairs the Ampere eMAG processor, which features 32 Arm cores operating at 3.3 GHz, with 128GB of RAM, 480GB of SSD storage and dual 10Gbps network ports. It is available on demand for $1.00/hr from Packet’s core datacenters in the US, Europe and Asia.
“Today’s launch opens an exciting new chapter in our journey with the Arm ecosystem,” said Jacob Smith, Packet’s CMO and co-founder. “By making Ampere’s powerful technology available in our bare metal public cloud, we’re providing developers and enterprises alike with a sharp new tool in their infrastructure toolbox.”
To showcase the role of the Arm architecture in the fast-evolving edge computing market, the companies also announced availability of the Ampere-based systems through Packet’s Edge Access Program.
About Ampere
Ampere is designing the future of hyperscale cloud and edge computing server processor architecture. Born in and built for the cloud with a modern architecture, Ampere gives customers the freedom to accelerate the delivery of the most memory-intensive applications such as artificial intelligence, big data, machine learning and databases in the cloud. The Ampere eMAG family of products delivers the highest memory throughput and lowest TCO tailored for the emerging growth of cloud computing and next-generation data centers.
For more information, visit www.amperecomputing.com.
About Packet
Packet is the leading bare metal automation platform for developers. Its proprietary technology automates physical servers and networks without the use of virtualization or multi-tenancy, powering over 60k deploys each month across its 20+ global and three edge data centers, as well as dozens of private and on-premise locations.
To learn more, please visit www.packet.com.