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Why Is a 2016 AWS Instance Still the Best Value? (Cloudspecs Research)
New research from TUM reveals uncomfortable truths about cloud hardware stagnation. The paper "Cloudspecs: Cloud Hardware Evolution Through the Looking Glass" shows that the best-performing AWS instance for NVMe I/O per dollar was released in 2016 - and nothing since has come close.
In this episode:
• CIDR 2026 research from Technical University of Munich
• AWS i3 instances from 2016 still beat all newer options for storage price-performance
• CPU gains: 10x cores, but only 2-3x cost-adjusted improvement
• Memory crisis: DRAM capacity per dollar has "effectively flatlined"
• Network is the only bright spot: 10x improvement per dollar
• Interactive tool at cloudspecs.fyi using DuckDB-WASM
News segment covers AI coding tool challenges, Kubernetes updates (Dashboard archived, CoreDNS 1.14), Windows Secure Boot certificate expiration, AWS Lambda .NET 10, Amazon MQ mTLS, MCP criticism, and NVIDIA Rubin announcement.
Episode page: https://platformengineering.org/podcasts/00086-cloudspecs-cloud-hardware-evolution
#PlatformEngineering #CloudComputing #AWS #FinOps #CostOptimization #DevOps
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By vibesreNew research from TUM reveals uncomfortable truths about cloud hardware stagnation. The paper "Cloudspecs: Cloud Hardware Evolution Through the Looking Glass" shows that the best-performing AWS instance for NVMe I/O per dollar was released in 2016 - and nothing since has come close.
In this episode:
• CIDR 2026 research from Technical University of Munich
• AWS i3 instances from 2016 still beat all newer options for storage price-performance
• CPU gains: 10x cores, but only 2-3x cost-adjusted improvement
• Memory crisis: DRAM capacity per dollar has "effectively flatlined"
• Network is the only bright spot: 10x improvement per dollar
• Interactive tool at cloudspecs.fyi using DuckDB-WASM
News segment covers AI coding tool challenges, Kubernetes updates (Dashboard archived, CoreDNS 1.14), Windows Secure Boot certificate expiration, AWS Lambda .NET 10, Amazon MQ mTLS, MCP criticism, and NVIDIA Rubin announcement.
Episode page: https://platformengineering.org/podcasts/00086-cloudspecs-cloud-hardware-evolution
#PlatformEngineering #CloudComputing #AWS #FinOps #CostOptimization #DevOps