FPGAs on The Cloud document discusses Amazon Web Services (AWS) F1 FPGA instances that allow users to run FPGA designs on the cloud without needing to purchase hardware. Key points:
- AWS F1 offers FPGA instances with Xilinx UltraScale+ FPGAs and provides an integrated development environment for working with FPGA designs.
- Users can develop FPGA accelerated applications using SDAccel with OpenCL or by creating custom kernels packaged as SDAccel kernels.
- Compiled FPGA bitstreams are packaged in secure Amazon FPGA Images (AFIs) that can be loaded onto instances for execution.
- The document provides examples of running the Smith-Waterman