Amazon unveils server chip, challenging Intel on price


(FILES) This file photo taken on June 16, 2017 shows a visitor checking in at the Amazon corporate headquarters in Seattle, Washington. Amazon said January 18, 2018 it had narrowed to 20 its options for a second headquarters for the sprawling technology and lifestyle company headed by Jeff Bezos, the world's richest individual. After 238 cities from North America submitted bids, Amazon announced its short list included three in the vicinity of the US capital Washington, and the Canadian city of Toronto. / AFP PHOTO / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / David Ryder

Amazon.com Inc has taken a big step toward reducing reliance on Intel Corp for a critical component of its cloud-computing service. 

The largest cloud company unveiled its own server processors late Monday and said the Graviton chips will support new versions of its main EC2 cloud-computing service. Until now, Amazon – and other big cloud operators – had almost exclusively used Intel Xeon chips. 

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