AWS Nitro: Hardware Offload for Next-Generation EC2 Instances

Amazon Web Services · Talk · 1 h 5 min · 2018 · YouTube title: AWS re:Invent 2018: Powering Next-Gen EC2 Instances: Deep Dive into the Nitro System (CMP303-R1)

Why it's here

Cited as the primary source on how Nitro offloads I/O to dedicated hardware and keeps management tasks off guest CPUs.

What it covers

An AWS re:Invent 2018 session diving into the Nitro system, a set of hardware offload and security building blocks behind next-generation EC2 instances. It covers the design and architecture and how Nitro enables new instance types.