Snowflake signs $6B AWS deal for Graviton chips

this deal signals a shift in ai infrastructure demand toward arm-based cpus as ai workloads expand beyond gpu training to involve automated agents. aws ceo andy jassy recently claimed that custom chips like graviton offer superior price-performance compared to nvidia, a strategy attracting major clients like meta. while nvidia expands into $200 billion cpu markets with its new vera chip, cloud providers are aggressively deploying custom silicon to support daily ai operations and lower compute costs.