Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule, uJeff Bezos washiya isikhundla sokuba yisikhulu esiphezulu sase-Amazon ukuze azinikele kuphrojekthi yakhe yasemkhathini. Eposini lakhe, u-Andy Jasy wangena, Inhloko ye-Amazon Web Services (AWS) cishe selokhu yafika emakethe, inkundla yokugcina amafu ehamba phambili elandelwa yi-Microsoft's Azure.
Ngasekupheleni kuka-2020, i-AWS yaqala ukunikeza ukufinyelela kumayunithi amancane e-Mac ngama-Intel processors, njengendlela ukuqasha ngehora, isevisi yamaqembu abathuthukisi bohlelo lokusebenza. Izinyanga ezimbalwa, inkampani I-Scaleway, iphawule ngokunikeza isevisi efanayo, kodwa ngemodeli ye-M1.
I-CTO Werver Vogels yase-Amazon imemezele ku-Amazon kabusha: sungula lokho Ama-Mac mini anephrosesa ye-M1 manje ayatholakala ngakho-ke amaqembu onjiniyela angawasebenzisa amahora amaningi, lapho eyidinga.
Emcimbini, i-Amazon ithi amamodeli amasha nikeza ukusebenza okwengeziwe okungu-60%. Ngenani elingaphezu kwe-X2-based Mac EC86 ihlala ye-iOS kanye nemithwalo yemisebenzi yokwakha yohlelo lokusebenza lwe-macOS.
Ngale ndlela, abathuthukisi bangakwazi hlola ukude ukuthi izinhlelo zakho zokusebenza zisebenza kanjani ngehadiwe ye-Apple. Ekuqaleni, ukutholakala kwalo mshini kukhawulelwe ezifundeni ezimbili kuphela zase-United States:
- I-Western United States - i-Oregon
- I-Eastern United States - Northern Virginia
Okwamanje asazi ukuthi i-AWS ihlela nini ukwandisa ukutholakala kwalezi zisetshenziswa emazweni amaningiKodwa uma ucabangela ukuthi iyinkundla yamafu ethandwa kakhulu futhi esetshenziswa kabanzi emhlabeni, okungenani phakathi kwamabhizinisi, akufanele kuthathe isikhathi eside.
Njengephromoshini yokuqalisa, ukusetshenziswa kwe-Mac minis ngephrosesa ye-M1 kubiza u- $ 0,6498, intengo ezokhuphuka ibe ngu-$1 ngehora uma iphromoshini iphela.
