I wish google / aws would avoid the overlapping names where possible.
the "A" series on AWS = AMD instances
The "A" series on GCP = Nvidia instances.
I know - probably on no ones radar at all :)
the "A" series on AWS = AMD instances
The "A" series on GCP = Nvidia instances.
I know - probably on no ones radar at all :)
Even worse is that for GCE, A was for AMD originally (and N was for iNtel). In any case, this A is for Accelerator.
However, I’ll note that the 16 A100s here are way more expensive than the cpu cores (and we can just run vanilla VMs on those left over cores if really needed).
Meanwhile M5A, as you note, is AMD.
Of course second generation uses names like m6g to keep us on our toes..