Ampere processors and Oracle combine predictable performance, near-linear scaling, and secure architecture with the best price-performance in the market.
Ampere A2 Platform: Ampere has successfully tested over 130 Docker containers on the OCI Ampere A2 platform, powered by AmpereOne® CPUs, confirming the maturity of the ecosystem on these instances. These containers include common software packages found in many cloud native stacks.
Ampere A1 Platform: Ampere has also verified a set of 130+ images running on the OCI Ampere A1) platform, powered by Ampere Altra® CPUs, through daily regressions, demonstrating the robustness of the ecosystem on A1 instances.
Both platforms support a diverse set of Linux workloads, such as web servers, open-source databases, in-memory applications, big data analytics, gaming, media, and more.
OCI provides easy access to this infrastructure through the following programs:
- Free Tier Program: Allows prospective customers to prototype, test, and try out the A1 and A2 platforms before committing to a purchase.
- Always Free Tier: Offers shapes with 4 cores and 24GB of memory at no cost, making it easy to integrate small shapes without additional expenses (A1 only).
- Arm Accelerator Program: Provides credits for up to a year, enabling in-depth exploration of the unique infrastructure (A1 only).
Get Access to OCI Ampere A1 Bare Metal
> See MoreGet Access to OCI Ampere A1 Bare Metal
Get Access to OCI Ampere A2 Free Tier
> See MoreGet Access to OCI Ampere A2 Free Tier
Performance Spotlight
Performance Spotlight
Efficient LLM Deployments on Ampere
Efficient LLM Deployments on Ampere
High-performance, cost- and energy-efficient LLM inference running on Ampere Cloud Native CPUs with Ampere Optimized AI Frameworks and Ampere Optimized models.
Elasticsearch on Oracle VMs based on Ampere
Elasticsearch on Oracle VMs based on Ampere
Learn how Ampere Altra takes Elasticsearch to a new level on OCI
DeathStarBench Social Network on Oracle VMs based on Ampere
DeathStarBench Social Network on Oracle VMs based on Ampere
DeathStarBench is an open-source benchmark suite developed at Cornell University. It includes several end-to-end services, one of which is the social network application.
Spark on Oracle VMs based on Ampere
Spark on Oracle VMs based on Ampere
Apache Spark is an open source, distributed processing system used for big data workloads. It utilizes in-memory caching, and optimized query execution for fast analytic queries against data of any size.
Hadoop on Oracle VMs based on Ampere
Hadoop on Oracle VMs based on Ampere
The Apache Hadoop framework is designed for distributed processing of large data sets intended to scale out from a single server to thousands of machines, each offering local computation, storage, or both.
OCI Ampere A2 Platforms
OCI Ampere A2 Platforms
Get a virtual machine featuring AmpereOne® right sized for your workload with OCI Ampere A2 Flexible VMs. OCI leads the market in price-performance on many workloads.
OCI Ampere A2 Flexible VM Shapes are extremely versatile. These shapes can be sized to fit the requirements of almost any workload. OCI's convenient configurators make building and launching Flexible VMs easy while allowing the operator to maximize their cost and footprint efficiency leaving little stranded capacity behind.
| Flexible VM Shapes Overview | |
| Description | Get a VM instance that is configured by a sliding scale for cores and memory |
| Compute Shapes | Up to 78 OCUs (or up to 156 AmpereOne® Cores) |
| Memory Options | Up to 946 GB |
| Network | Up to 78 Gbps Ethernet |
| Network Options | VNIC Options Configurable with up to 24 VNICs |
| Block Storage | Boot volume customizable up to 32 TB |
| Partner | Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) |
OCI Ampere A1 Platforms
OCI Ampere A1 Platforms
Get a virtual instance featuring Ampere Altra right-sized for your workload with OCI Ampere A1 Flexible VMs. OCI leads the market in performance/$ on many workloads.
OCI Ampere A1 Flexible VM Shapes are extremely versatile. These shapes can be sized to fit the requirements of almost any workload. OCI's convenient configurators makes building and launching Flexible VMs easy while allowing the operator to maximise their cost and footprint efficiency leaving little stranded capacity behind.
| Flexible VM Shapes Overview | |
| Description | Get a VM instance that is configured by a sliding scale for cores and memory |
| Compute Shapes | Scalable 1-80 Ampere® Altra® Cores |
| Memory Options | Scalable 1GB to 512GB DRAM |
| Network | Scalable 1-40Gb Ethernet |
| Network Options | VNIC Options Configurable with up to 24 VNICs |
| Block Storage | Boot volume customisable up to 32 TB |
| Partner | Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) |
Access a powerful Bare Metal instance featuring 2x Ampere® Altra® processors giving customers full control of their entire cloud stack on the new Cloud-Native Ampere platform.
OCI Ampere A1 Bare Metal instances are extremely powerful. Bare metal gives customers full control of the cloud stack for any level of Cloud-Native service. OCI's convenient provisioning systems make building and launching Bare Metal instances a snap! OCI Ampere A1 Bare Metal have enhanced security given the single threaded nature of the Ampere Altra cores. OCI infrastructure is also agent-less given customer the peace of mind that there is no compromised performance or additional security risk due to the zero software install base of OCI Bare Metal platforms.
| OCI Ampere A1 Bare Metal Shape Overview | |
| Description | Bare Metal instance with customisable OS image options |
| Compute Shapes | 160 Ampere® Altra® Cores (2P) |
| Memory Options | 1 TB DRAM |
| Network | 100Gb Ethernet NIC |
| Network Options | Virtual cloud network options available |
| Block Storage | Boot volume customisable up to 32 TB |
| Partner | Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) |
Managed on-premises OCI Ampere A1 platforms offered in Bare Metal and Flex VM shapes.
Get all the benefits of the OCI Infrastructure delivered on premises. This option allows large enterprise customers to take advantage of the superior economic value of the OCI Ampere A1 platform in the security of their own data center. The Dedicated Region option also offers customers access to over 50+ services offered by Oracle in their public cloud. Flex VM, Bare Metal, or both are available.
| Bare Metal Shapes | |
| Description | Bare Metal instance with customisable OS image options |
| Compute Shapes | 160 Ampere® Altra® Cores (2P) |
| Memory Options | 1 TB DRAM |
| Network | 100Gb Ethernet NIC |
| Network Options | Virtual cloud network options available |
| Block Storage | Boot volume customizable up to 32 TB |
| Flex VM Shapes | |
| Description | Get a VM instance that is configured by a sliding scale for cores and memory |
| Compute Shapes | Scalable 1-80 Ampere® Altra® Cores |
| Memory Options | Scalable 1GB to 512GB DRAM |
| Network | Scalable 1-100Gb Ethernet VNIC |
| Network Options | VNIC Options Configurable with up to 24 VNICs |
| Block Storage | Boot volume customisable up to 32 TB |
Resources
Resources
Briefs
Blogs
Blog
AmpereOne® now Generally Available on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Aug, 2024
Jeff Wittich, Chief Product Officer
Blog
Performance of AI Inference and Modern Cloud Workloads on AmpereOne®
Aug, 2024
Seema Mehta Sr Principal, Product Marketing
Blog
Introducing OCI Ampere A2: Oracle’s next-generation Arm-based cloud compute
Aug, 2024
Oracle
Tuning Guides
Ampere Computing
4655 Great America Parkway
Suite 601 Santa Clara, CA 95054
