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Oracle Launches AmpereOne-Based A4 Compute Instances
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Oracle Cloud Infrastructure on Monday launched A4 Standard instances based on Ampere Computing's AmpereOne M silicon, using a 96-core 3.6 GHz variant with 12-channel DDR5 5600MT/s memory. A4 is offered as VMs up to 45 OCPUs (90 cores) with 700 GB RAM, or bare metal with 48 OCPUs (96 cores) and 768 GB RAM; pricing starts at $0.0138 per OCPU-hour. Oracle claims up to 35% higher core-for-core performance versus A2.
Key Points
- 1Introduces A4 instances using AmpereOne M 96-core 3.6 GHz chips, offered virtual and bare-metal
- 2Delivers up to 35% higher core-for-core performance and 20% faster clock speed versus A2
- 3Enables cloud users to run memory‑intensive workloads with higher DDR5 bandwidth and up to 100Gbps networking
Scoring Rationale
Official product launch with concrete specs and pricing; incremental upgrade rather than groundbreaking industry shift.
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