Release Notes¶
The following notes cover the changes in Intel® Developer Cloud.
3 April 2024¶
Version information
Intel Developer Cloud 1.0.12
Release information
Release Type: General Availability (GA)
Release Date: 04/02/2024
Publish date of release notes: 04/03/2024
Summary
Intel Developer Cloud 1.0.12 is the general availability release for storage as a service (STaaS), which includes file storage. The new service allows Standard, Premium, and Enterprise account holders to create a storage volume. Storage quotas vary by account type.
This release includes initial launch of the Preview Catalog, which gives customers access to pre-release and early-release Intel® hardware.
New features
New guide: - Adds Storage as a Service guide to explain CRUD operations for storage and how to mount a storage volume on a compute instance. - Adds Preview Catalog guide to explain how to request an instance in the Preview Catalog.
New tutorials: Adds Public AI Tutorials to increase audience exposure to publicly available Intel® Developer Cloud articles, focused on GenAI and Machine Learning Operations (MLOps).
8 February 2024¶
Version information
Intel Developer Cloud 1.0.11
Release information
Release Type: General Availability (GA)
Release Date: 02/08/2024
Publish date of release notes: 02/08/2024
Summary
Intel Developer Cloud 1.0.11 is the General Availability release for multi-user accounts, a feature that enables Premium and Enterprise account holders to invite others to share infrastructure and services. This feature improves collaboration, and it simplifies billing and infrastructure management.
New features
Multi-user Accounts:A Premium Account or Enterprise Accounts holder may now invite others to share infrastructure and services by following a secure invitation process. Users may be invited to join a Premium or Enterprise account. See Account Types.
New guide: Adds guide Multi-user Accounts to explain multi-user account features and functionality.
25 January 2024¶
Version information
Intel Developer Cloud 1.0.10
Release information
Release Type: General Availability (GA)
Release Date: 01/23/2024
Publish date of release notes: 01/25/2024
Summary
Intel Developer Cloud 1.0.10 is the General Availability release for Intel Kubernetes* Service. This release also includes improvements to account type upgrades, to coupon duration, and it increases availability of hardware resources.
New features
Account Type Upgrades: Customers can now upgrade from a Standard to a Premium account using a coupon.
Intel Kubernetes Service: Intel Kubernetes Service is a fully managed container service that helps customers run GPU-accelerated Kubernetes workloads at scale using Intel® Max Series GPU and Gaudi2® Deep Learning Server.
Hardware - Bare Metal: Customers now have the option of using two-, four-, or eight-node clusters. Increased capacity in region 2 results in more availability of hardware resources.
Hardware - Virtual Machine: Vnet Internal optimization. Baremetal-enrollment-api internal optimization.
Dependencies/requirements
Coupons: Coupon credit expiration was adjusted so customers can fully utilize credit for the intended duration.
18 December 2023¶
Version information
Intel Developer Cloud 1.0.8
Release information
Release Type: General Availability (GA)
Release Date: 12/12/2023
Publish date of release notes: 12/18/2023
New features
Payment Methods: Customers can now use credit cards as a mode of payment.
Account Type Upgrades: Customers can now upgrade from a Standard to a Premium account (only using credit card). This enables a smoother transition to innovative tools and technology for users who start with a Standard account.
Enterprise Accounts: An Enterprise account type is now available. This account type includes monthly billing and invoicing.
Multi-region Support: A second region was added to provide additional capacity for compute resources. This increases the availability of Gaudi2® Deep Learning Server nodes.
Training and Workshops Users can expect improved accessibility for loading and training models. This was achieved by adding more SLURM clusters, supporting access to AI/ML development stacks and Jupyter Notebooks.
Hardware - Core Compute: The platform added support for the 5th Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processor for additional compute resources.
Hardware - HPC: The platform added support for the 4th Gen Intel® Xeon® processors with high bandwidth memory (HBM) for additional compute resources.
Hardware - GPU: The platform added support for the Intel® Max Series GPU to support increased power consumption when doing model training and inferencing.
Improvements
Improved deployment methods and processes provide higher availability for compute and faster releases of new features.
24 October 2023¶
Version information
Intel Developer Cloud 1.0.4
Release information
Release Type: General Availability (GA)
Release Date: 10/24/2023
Publish date of release notes: 10/24/2023
New features
Dark mode: We added a dark mode to the Intel Developer Cloud Console, which will use the user's browser preference and can also be turned on or off in the user menu. This will make our console easier to use in low-light environments.
Training and Workshops: Jupyter Notebooks are now available for AI, C++ SYCL, and Generative AI (see below). This feature especially assists students, professors, and researchers by providing pre-loaded dependencies and executable examples.
Generative AI trainings: We added new trainings on generative AI to our console. Take a look at what generative AI can do when powered by the Intel® Data Center GPU Max Series. Designed for everyone: from AI creators and artists to engineers and the just-plain curious.
New tutorials: Adds tutorial to Gaudi2 Deep Learning Server.
Analytics tracking: We added analytics tracking to our web app to help us continuously improve it and make it more user-friendly.
Improvements
Account Settings: Users can now view their Cloud Account ID, Name, and E-mail. In the Developer Cloud console, click on the User Profile icon (upper right) and select Account Settings.
Invoices: Cloud credits now determine the ability to provision and launch an instances. In addition, to simplify customer experience with invoicing, enhancements to the anniversary dates were made. For Premium users, in the Developer Cloud console, click on the User Profile icon (upper right) and Invoices.
3 October 2023¶
Version information
Intel Developer Cloud 1.0.3
Release information
Release Type: General Availability (GA)
Release Date: 10/03/2023
Publish date of release notes: 10/03/2023
New features
Availability of Gaudi2® clusters (instance groups) on Gaudi2® Deep Learning Server, 4th Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors, and Intel® Max Series GPU.
Improvements
Improved user sign up process. The user can now select a service tier if problems are encountered during first use.
19 September 2023¶
Version information
Intel Developer Cloud 1.0.2
Release information
Release Type: General Availability (GA)
Release Date: 09/19/2023
Publish date of release notes: 09/19/2023
Summary
Intel Developer Cloud 1.0.2 is the General Availability release for Intel Developer Cloud. In this first release, there is one region available based in US. Stay tuned for more exciting announcements coming shortly.
New features
Intel Developer Cloud 1.0.2 provides the ability to provision Bare Metal providing access to Gaudi2® Deep Learning Server, 4th Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors, and Intel® Max Series GPU.
Intel Developer Cloud 1.0.2 provides the ability to provision Virtual Machine providing access to 4th Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors.
Dependencies/requirements
Supported Browsers include Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and Edge.
Credit Card and Coupon are currently supported payment methods.
Documentation
Please click the “Getting Started” link on the Learning and Support section of the Home page to access product tutorials and guides.
Support
Please click the “Getting Started” link on the Learning and Support section of the Home page to access the Support section.