AlloyDB for PostgreSQL
Feature
AlloyDB supports C4A Arm VMs on Google’s custom-built Axion processors. C4A VMs are available as predefined configurations from 1, 4, 8, 16, 32, 48, 64, and 72 vCPUs, up to 576 GB of DDR5 memory. C4A machines are available in limited regions. For more information, see Considerations when using the C4A Axion-based machine series. This feature is generally available (GA).
Gemini Code Assist
Feature
Introducing Release Channels in Gemini Code Assist
We’re rolling out Release Channels in Gemini Code Assist Standard and Enterprise to give you more control over the features and models you access, helping us deliver new capabilities faster. This means direct access to our latest features, minimizing the need for sign-ups.
You can choose between the Preview Channel for early access to cutting-edge features (no SLA) or the GA Channel for stable, fully supported features with a standard Google Cloud SLA. Project leads and administrators can easily configure these settings at the Google Cloud Platform project level within the Admin for Gemini settings, making it simple to opt in your entire team to the Preview channel if desired. Note that at launch, the two release channels have identical features. For more information, see Configure Gemini Code Assist release channels.
Fixed
Performance and stability improvements for VS Code
Numerous performance and stability improvements have been made to the Gemini Code Assist extension, further reducing extension crashes and related adverse functional events.
Feature
Edit a prior prompt in VS Code
You can edit a prior prompt in Gemini Code Assist and receive a regenerated response based on your edited prompt.
Feature
Regenerate a prompt response in VS Code
You can regenerate a prompt response to your most recent prompt, where Gemini Code Assist re-evaluates your prompt and provides a new response.
Feature
Delete prompt and response pair in VS Code
You can delete your prompt and Gemini’s response to that prompt in your chat with Gemini Code Assist. This works as an alternative to deleting your entire chat history, allowing you to remove a single prompt and response within a chat, while maintaining the rest of your chat history with Gemini Code Assist.
Google Kubernetes Engine
Feature
GKE now provisions fast-starting nodes, which have significantly lower startup time, in Autopilot mode for G2 nodes with NVIDIA L4 GPUs. Fast-starting nodes are in Public Preview for clusters in the Rapid channel, and are available on a best-effort basis when workloads use compatible configurations. For more information, see About quicker workload startup with fast-starting nodes.
Feature
The accelerator-optimized A4X VM, an exascale platform based on NVIDIA GB200 NVL72, is now Generally Available on GKE. A4X is the first GPU VM to run on Arm with the NVIDIA GB200 Grace Blackwell Superchips. You can use A4X to run your large artificial intelligence (AI) models, machine learning (ML), and high performance computing (HPC) workloads. The A4X machine type is available as a4x-highgpu-4g in the us-central1-a zone with the following GKE versions or later:
- GKE Standard: 1.32.4-gke.1106000
- GKE Autopilot: 1.33.2-gke.1134000
To create GKE clusters with A4X, see the following instructions:
- To quickly deploy production-ready clusters, see Create an AI-optimized GKE cluster with default configuration.
- For precise customization or expansion of existing production GKE environments, see Create a custom AI-optimized GKE cluster which uses A4X.
Source: Google Cloud Platform
