Google launches Intel Skylake-backed cloud instances with 96 vCPUs

Google Cloud customers running high-performance applications can now launch compute instances with up to 96 virtual CPUs, thanks to an update released today. The new 96 vCPU instances can support up to 624GB of RAM, making them good candidates for applications that scale up to take advantage of additional compute capacity on a single node.
That’s important for customers running applications like in-memory databases and satellite image analysis. Descartes Labs, a startup that processes tons