{"slug": "aws-whips-out-graviton-powered-redshift-instances-claims-7x-speed-for-data", "title": "AWS whips out Graviton-powered Redshift instances, claims 7x speed for data warehouse", "summary": "AWS released new Redshift data warehouse instances powered by its custom Graviton processors, claiming the chips deliver up to seven times faster query performance than previous x86-based options. The company said the performance boost is driven by AI agents that generate more queries in natural language compared to traditional SQL-based workloads.", "body_md": "### MOST POPULAR\n\n## EVENTS\n\n-\n### The Hardware Crunch: How Supply Chain Turbulence Is Forcing a New IT Playbook\n\nInfrastructure teams are facing a perfect storm: extended hardware lead times, rising costs driven by AI demand, and accelerated platform timelines.\n\n-\n### Overcoming the trade-offs in data sovereignty\n\nWhat does data sovereignty actually mean for your network, which trade-offs are unavoidable? 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Druva’s hit event, Escape Ransomware, is now fully virtual.\n\n[AI](https://beta.theregister.com/tag/ai)\n\n-\nDatabases\n\n#### AWS whips out Graviton-powered Redshift instances, claims 7x speed for data warehouse\n\nAI agents asking questions in natural language apparently issue a lot more queries than your average SQL jockey\n\n-\nOffbeat\n\n#### InPost locker caught shipping unactivated Windows\n\nContactless collection meets Microsoft's licensing reminder\n\n-\n#### Explainer: Edge AI\n\nYou can run AI at the edge, if your infrastructure supports it\n\n-\nNetworks\n\n#### Iran slowly reconnects to the global internet\n\nTraffic floods back, without much of an explanation\n\n-\nNetworks\n\n#### Cisco making SONiC available to all customers – not just hyperscalers\n\nHardened version of open-source NOS coming to Nexus 9000s\n\n[Infosec](https://beta.theregister.com/security)\n\n-\nDatabases\n\n#### AWS whips out Graviton-powered Redshift instances, claims 7x speed for data warehouse\n\nAI agents asking questions in natural language apparently issue a lot more queries than your average SQL jockey\n\n-\nOffbeat\n\n#### InPost locker caught shipping unactivated Windows\n\nContactless collection meets Microsoft's licensing reminder\n\n-\n#### Explainer: Edge AI\n\nYou can run AI at the edge, if your infrastructure supports it\n\n-\nNetworks\n\n#### Iran slowly reconnects to the global internet\n\nTraffic floods back, without much of an explanation\n\n-\nNetworks\n\n#### Cisco making SONiC available to all customers – not just hyperscalers\n\nHardened version of open-source NOS coming to Nexus 9000s\n\n[FOSS](https://beta.theregister.com/tag/FOSS)\n\n-\n#### AWS whips out Graviton-powered Redshift instances, claims 7x speed for data warehouse\n\nAI agents asking questions in natural language apparently issue a lot more queries than your average SQL jockey\n\n-\n#### InPost locker caught shipping unactivated Windows\n\nContactless collection meets Microsoft's licensing reminder\n\n-\n#### Explainer: Edge AI\n\nYou can run AI at the edge, if your infrastructure supports it\n\n-\n#### Iran slowly reconnects to the global internet\n\nTraffic floods back, without much of an explanation\n\n-\n#### Cisco making SONiC available to all customers – not just hyperscalers\n\nHardened version of open-source NOS coming to Nexus 9000s\n\n-\n#### Alibaba gets Android 16 running on RISC-V\n\nBeijing’s sovereign stack ambitions strengthen\n\n[FEATURES](https://www.theregister.com/tag/features?_gl=1*esekfm*_ga*NzgyNjE4NzEwLjE3NzExNzQ4MjA.*_ga_JXW44Y23NM*czE3NzY3NTY3MjIkbzEwNSRnMSR0MTc3Njc1Njg5NCRqOCRsMCRoMA..)\n\n-\n### Europe built sovereign clouds to escape US control. Then forgot about the processors\n\n-\n### Nobody believes the 'criminals and scumbags' who hacked Canvas really deleted stolen student data\n\n-\n### Europe wants out from under US tech – but first it has to find the exits\n\n-\n### GNOME may rule Ubuntu Resolute Raccoon, but X.org isn't roadkill yet\n\n-\n### OpenClaw, but in containers: Meet NanoClaw\n\n-\n### Open source registries don't have enough money to implement basic security\n\n-\n### Contain your Windows apps inside Linux Windows\n\n-\n### The Linux mid-life crisis that's an opportunity for Tux-led transformation\n\n-\n### Too much AI for some, too little for others: Why AMD can't win with investors\n\n-\n### How agentic AI can strain modern memory hierarchies", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/aws-whips-out-graviton-powered-redshift-instances-claims-7x-speed-for-data", "canonical_source": "https://www.theregister.com/databases/2026/05/27/aws-whips-out-graviton-powered-redshift-instances-claims-7x-speed-for-data-warehouse/5246148", "published_at": "2026-05-27 09:15:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-05-27 09:41:16.095444+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-infrastructure", "ai-chips"], "entities": ["AWS", "Graviton", "Redshift"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/aws-whips-out-graviton-powered-redshift-instances-claims-7x-speed-for-data", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/aws-whips-out-graviton-powered-redshift-instances-claims-7x-speed-for-data.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/aws-whips-out-graviton-powered-redshift-instances-claims-7x-speed-for-data.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/aws-whips-out-graviton-powered-redshift-instances-claims-7x-speed-for-data.jsonld"}}