Microsoft's Cobalt 100 Arm CPUs are now available in Azure, providing an alternative to x86 for virtual machines with various configurations aimed at different workloads.
The Dpsv6 and Dplsv6 instance types are intended for general computing, supporting configurations from small VMs to ones with 96 vCPUs and 384GiB of RAM.
The Epsv6 instances offer 8GiB per vCPU and are suitable for relational database servers and data analytics. Pricing varies with long-term use discounts.
Performance statistics reveal that Cobalt-powered VMs can be 1.4 times faster than previous Azure Arm VMs, demonstrating substantial efficiency improvements.
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