Simulating RISC-V Clusters with FPGAs on AWS
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Simulating RISC-V Clusters with FPGAs on AWS
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Re: Simulating RISC-V Clusters with FPGAs on AWS
#2To try this, do I need the full 16XL F1 instance, or can I run 1 node on the 2XL (1 FPGA) instance?
Re: Simulating RISC-V Clusters with FPGAs on AWS
#3To try this, do I need the full 16XL F1 instance, or can I run 1 node on the 2XL (1 FPGA) instance?
You can run a single node on an f1.2xlarge instance.
Re: Simulating RISC-V Clusters with FPGAs on AWS
#4Deving on AWS? That seems awfully frustrating and expensive. Now every time I click compile I can remember how much this is going to cost me.
Re: Simulating RISC-V Clusters with FPGAs on AWS
#5Deving on AWS? That seems awfully frustrating and expensive. Now every time I click compile I can remember how much this is going to cost me.
You should compare this to the cost of buying an FPGA. It can be cost-effective.
Re: Simulating RISC-V Clusters with FPGAs on AWS
#6Deving on AWS? That seems awfully frustrating and expensive. Now every time I click compile I can remember how much this is going to cost me.
Yes, it's expensive. But you have to compare it fairly: think of the cost of racking up servers w/PCI FPGA cards or devboards with FPGAs and JTAG flashing tools. How many of your team can you enable with these solutions, and how long will it take to set it up? What if you're a small team working on a RISC-V compiler and you don't have an IT dept?
If you've got a global team, then it's even more interesting to reproduce these configurations reliably among multiple sites.
Re: Simulating RISC-V Clusters with FPGAs on AWS
#7How much is an f1.2xlarge instance? My google fu seems to be failing me.
Re: Simulating RISC-V Clusters with FPGAs on AWS
#8Deving on AWS? That seems awfully frustrating and expensive. Now every time I click compile I can remember how much this is going to cost me.
Yes, it's expensive. But you have to compare it fairly: think of the cost of racking up servers w/PCI FPGA cards or devboards with FPGAs and JTAG flashing tools. How many of your team can you enable with these solutions, and how long will it take to set it up? What if you're a small team working on a RISC-V compiler and you don't have an IT dept? If you've got a global team, then it's even more interesting to reprodu…
Also, if you have to need 10000 for a day to do some sort of dev/QA/integration efforts you don't have to actually own them. Or even physically deal with the things.
Re: Simulating RISC-V Clusters with FPGAs on AWS
#9How much is an f1.2xlarge instance? My google fu seems to be failing me.
$1.65/h on demand
Re: Simulating RISC-V Clusters with FPGAs on AWS
#10How much is an f1.2xlarge instance? My google fu seems to be failing me.
https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/pricing/on-demand/
$1.65/hour in N. Virginia
Way less with spot prices, but for something like this, you probably want on-demand.