This week: Aurora PostgreSQL joins the AWS Free Tier with express configuration for instant serverless setup, Lambda Managed Instances gets a major boost to 32GB memory and 16 vCPUs, and Step Functions adds 28 new service integrations including Bedrock AgentCore. Plus SageMaker HyperPod continuous provisioning, ParallelCluster P6B300 support, and Amazon Q launches in Tokyo, London, and Frankfurt regions.
Compute
- Lambda: 32GB RAM/16 vCPUs, 4096 file descriptors (4x increase)
- EC2 I8ge: Graviton4, 120TB NVMe, 60% better compute vs I3en
- GameLift: EC2 5th-8th gen instances (Graviton, DDR5)
- ECS: FIPS compliance on Graviton/GPU in GovCloud
AI/ML
- Bedrock AgentCore: Managed session storage, Chrome policies, custom CA certs
- Bedrock: Palmyra Vision 7B model (document/chart analysis)
- SageMaker HyperPod: Continuous provisioning for Slurm clusters
- SageMaker: RLHF fine-tuning for 12 models (Qwen, DeepSeek, Llama)
- SageMaker Studio: Kiro/Cursor IDE support via AWS Toolkit
- SageMaker Batch: Quota management with job preemption
Servertic/Step Functions
- Step Functions: 28 new services, 1100 API actions, Bedrock AgentCore integration
- Lambda Durable: Idempotent invocations from workflows
Database
- Aurora PostgreSQL: Free Tier ($100 credits), express config (seconds to query)
- Aurora DSQL: Ruby pg gem connector with auto IAM tokens
Storage & Data
- HealthOmics: Batch runs up to 100K workflows per request
- HealthImaging: Study/series-level IAM access control
- S3 Vectors: Automated ingestion via Step Functions
Analytics
- Amazon Q: London, Frankfurt, Tokyo regions (data sovereignty)
- CloudWatch Logs IA: Data protection, OpenSearch PPL/SQL queries
- Timestream InfluxDB: CloudWatch metrics integration
Networking & Security
- Route 53 Profiles: Granular IAM per resource type
- Firewall Manager: Asia Pacific New Zealand region
- Transfer Family: Async MDN for AS2 messaging
Developer Tools
- ParallelCluster 3.15: P6b instances, Slurm 25.11
- Storage Gateway Terraform: AL2023, IMDSv2 default
- AppConfig: User-targeted gradual rollouts
- Agent Plugin: Serverless guidance for Kiro/Claude/Cursor
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