AWS Lambda MicroVMs now supports the x86 CPU architecture

AWS Lambda MicroVMs x86 CPU Architecture Support

AWS Lambda MicroVMs now supports the x86 CPU architecture, allowing you to run existing x86 applications, tools, and software dependencies without recompiling or porting them. When creating a MicroVM image, you can choose between x86 and Arm (AWS Graviton) for isolated MicroVMs based on your workload's architecture.

Lambda MicroVMs is a serverless compute primitive that offers VM-level isolation, near-instant launch and resume, and state preservation for running user or AI-generated code in applications such as AI coding assistants, CI/CD runners, interactive development environments, and vulnerability scanners.

What to do

• Choose the x86 architecture when creating a MicroVM image from your Dockerfile.
• Launch MicroVMs from the image using the AWS Lambda console, AWS CloudFormation, AWS Cloud Development Kit, or your preferred development tools with the Agent Toolkit for AWS.

Support for the x86 CPU architecture is available in all AWS Regions where Lambda MicroVMs is available, except Asia Pacific (Hong Kong), Asia Pacific (Malaysia), Asia Pacific (Thailand), and Europe (Spain).

Source: AWS release notes

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