Amazon Unveils Server Chip, Challenging Intel on Price
- Graviton processor offered at a ‘significantly lower cost’
- Amazon uses ARM technology that’s common in smartphones
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Amazon.com Inc. has taken a big step toward reducing reliance on Intel Corp. for a critical component of its cloud-computing service.
The largest cloud company unveiled its own server processors late Monday and said the Graviton chips will support new versions of its main EC2 cloud-computing service. Until now, Amazon -- and other big cloud operators -- had almost exclusively used Intel Xeon chips.