Today, Amazon AppStream 2.0 introduces new streaming instances based on the EC2 z1d family. EC2 z1d instances deliver high single-thread performance using custom Intel® Xeon® processors with a sustained all-core frequency of up to 4.0 GHz, the fastest of any cloud instance. Z1d provides both high compute and high memory performance, which is ideal for electronic design automation (EDA), gaming, and software with high per-core licensing costs. Z1D instances are also built on the new AWS Nitro System, which offloads many traditional virtualization functions to dedicated hardware to improve performance, availability, and security.