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Date Published
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dbrown
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467
Language
English
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None

Summary

DigitalOcean has announced the release of the fifth generation of Intel's Xeon Scalable Processors, codenamed Emerald Rapids, to its premium dedicated fleet. The new processors deliver impressive performance gains over prior generations and will result in significant performance and experience improvements for DigitalOcean users and their customers. With the introduction of these new processors, DigitalOcean is also introducing 80 PLUS Titanium Grade power supplies, which are on average 2% more efficient than Platinum, reducing power consumption and environmental impacts. The Emerald Rapids processors demonstrate a roughly 30% improvement in throughput per system for most benchmarks and show marked improvements in core performance and storage performance over the previous Ice Lake generation. The pricing for Droplets has not changed with the introduction of these new processors, allowing users to deliver faster customer experiences without increasing costs.