This topic describes the features of field programmable gate array (FPGA)-accelerated compute-optimized instance families and the instance types of each instance family.
f3, FPGA-accelerated compute-optimized instance family
Features
This instance family uses Xilinx 16nm Virtex UltraScale+ VU9P FPGAs.
Compute:
Offers a CPU-to-memory ratio of 1:4.
Uses 2.5 GHz Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8163 (Skylake) processors.
Storage:
Is an instance family in which all instances are I/O optimized.
Supports only standard SSDs and ultra disks.
Network:
Provides high network performance based on large computing capacity.
Supported scenarios:
Deep learning inference
Genomics research
Database acceleration
Image transcoding such as conversion of JPEG images to WebP images
Real-time video processing such as H.265 video compression
Instance types
Instance type | vCPU | Memory (GiB) | FPGA | Network bandwidth (Gbit/s) | Packet forwarding rate (pps) | NIC queues | ENIs | Private IP addresses per ENI |
ecs.f3-c4f1.xlarge | 4 | 16.0 | 1 * Xilinx VU9P | 1.5 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
ecs.f3-c8f1.2xlarge | 8 | 32.0 | 1 * Xilinx VU9P | 2.5 | 50 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
ecs.f3-c16f1.4xlarge | 16 | 64.0 | 1 * Xilinx VU9P | 5.0 | 100 | 4 | 8 | 20 |
ecs.f3-c16f1.8xlarge | 32 | 128.0 | 2 * Xilinx VU9P | 10.0 | 200 | 8 | 8 | 20 |
ecs.f3-c16f1.16xlarge | 64 | 256.0 | 4 * Xilinx VU9P | 20.0 | 250 | 16 | 8 | 20 |
ecs.f3-c22f1.22xlarge | 88 | 336.0 | 4 * Xilinx VU9P | 30.0 | 450 | 16 | 8 | 20 |
You can go to the ECS Instance Types Available for Each Region page to view the instance types available in each region.
The ecs.f3-c22f1.22xlarge instance type is in invitational preview. To create instances of this instance type, go to the invitational preview page to submit an application.
For more information about these specifications, see the "Instance type specifications" section in Overview of instance families.