AWS Upgrades Bedrock AgentCore to 8 vCPUs and 68% Lower Memory Use
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Updated · InfoWorld · Nov 12
AWS Upgrades Bedrock AgentCore to 8 vCPUs and 68% Lower Memory Use
3 articles · Updated · InfoWorld · Nov 12
Summary
AWS said the new Bedrock AgentCore runtime now supports sessions with up to 8 vCPUs, 32GB of memory and 10GB container images, expanding compute capacity to four times the previous version.
Startup times have dropped to under two seconds and idle agents can scale to zero while reclaiming unused memory within minutes, cutting memory consumption for multi-turn sessions by up to 68%.
AWS also introduced baseline pricing for always-on agents, letting sessions keep a minimum memory allocation and burst to four times that level without paying peak capacity costs upfront.
FUSE support now lets developers mount and save agent data directly to filesystems such as Amazon S3, replacing custom mechanisms for moving files, credentials and tool outputs across isolated environments.
Analysts said the changes could speed enterprise agent rollouts and lower costs, but warned of resume latency, lingering permissions, and mispriced baseline commitments; the update is available in 19 AWS regions.