Amazon is preparing a super-powered data centre chip

New release could be 20 per cent more powerful than previous generation.

Amazon is underway with the design of the second generation of its data centre chips, the media are reporting. According to Reuters, the production of the chip, which should be significantly more powerful than last year's one, was confirmed by two sources familiar with the matter.

The new release is reprotedly designed by the same company that built the last one – ARM. Compared to last year's one, called Graviton, this year's chip should be 20 per cent faster.

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