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This site documents resources around using Arm architecture-based systems on AWS.

If you are new to Arm, have a look at the official Arm docs where you can download a range of hardware and software-related background information.

Also, for some background on Arm, consider checking out the short Computerphile documentary Sowing the Seeds of Success.

Instances¶

AWS offers a number of options to run apps on Arm architecture-based EC2 instances:

The first-generation Graviton A1 instances launched in 2018:
- Getting started with the A1 instance
- AWS Designed Processor: Graviton by James Hamilton
The Graviton2 instances launched in 2019:
- Check out the AWS re:Invent 2019 session "Deep dive on Arm-based EC2 instances powered by AWS Graviton" (CMP322-R1).
- Read about the new instance family and how to get preview access in Jeff Barr's blog post Coming Soon – Graviton2-Powered General Purpose, Compute-Optimized, & Memory-Optimized EC2 Instances.

For cloud native applications, you can use containers:

Learn about how to get started with Docker on Arm.
If you want to package and distribute your apps, have a look at cross building Arm images on Docker Desktop.
Manually follow the steps described in Arm Support in Amazon EKS or use a script for provisioning an EKS cluster using eksctl.

For IoT and/or hybrid use cases: