<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.datacenterknowledge.com&#x2F;archives&#x2F;2014&#x2F;11&#x2F;13&#x2F;intel-designs-custom-aws-cpu-for-fastest-ec2-instances-ever&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.datacenterknowledge.com&#x2F;archives&#x2F;2014&#x2F;11&#x2F;13&#x2F;intel...</a><p>&gt; In June, Bryant said Intel had designed 15 custom CPUs in 2013 for different customers, including Facebook and eBay. More than double that amount was in the pipeline for 2014, she said.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;gigaom.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;11&#x2F;13&#x2F;intel-rolls-out-custom-chip-that-powers-amazons-ec2-instances&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;gigaom.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;11&#x2F;13&#x2F;intel-rolls-out-custom-chip-th...</a><p>&gt; Intel announced an exclusive Haswell processor designed specifically for Amazon Thursday during AWS re:Invent 2014 conference in Las Vegas. Amazon said the new processors are the backbone of its new EC2 instances in Amazon Web Services.<p>&gt; Intel’s senior vice president and general manager Diane Bryant took to the stage during Amazon vice president and CTO Werner Vogels’s keynote to drop the news. Bryant didn’t share a lot of details, but she said that both Intel and Amazon engineers collaborated on the chip to make sure its built to handle Amazon’s vast cloud infrastructure.