AWS caused quite a stir during this year’s annual re:Invent conference when they announced not only were they making their own ARM-based microprocessors called the Graviton 2, but also using those chips to power a new AWS instance type - the EC2 M6g. AWS claims the new instances not only provide several advantages over Intel based processors powering the large majority of the fleet (such as the m5), but that the instance types will also cost less. Truth be told, most customers will find that the of a vm is already pretty low, however, savings are savings. Out of curiosity, I decided to dig a little deeper into what that new instance is like during launch week.