Roelf Zomerman 4/30/2025

Hyperscale hardware versus “cloud”

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This technical article compares the hardware architectures of major hyperscale cloud providers (like AWS and Azure) with smaller, localized cloud providers. It details how hyperscalers use custom-designed hardware such as DPUs, integrated HSMs, and specialized chips (Nitro, Azure Boost) for performance, security, and efficiency gains that commodity hardware cannot match.

Hyperscale hardware versus “cloud”

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