Create an f3 instance

Procedure

For more information about how to create an f3 instance, see create an instance by using the wizard. However, the following configurations are recommended:

• Billing Method: Select Pay-As-You-Go or Subscription.
  Note f3 instances are not available as preemptible instances.
• Region: Select China East 2 (Shanghai).
• Instance Type: Select Heterogeneous Computing > FPGA Compute, and then select your required instance type.
• Image: Click Shared Image, and then select the specified image.
  Note A Xilinx image is available for use (recommended). The image is only available as a Shared image. To obtain the image, open a ticket.
• System Disk: Allocate a 200 GiB Ultra Disk for the system image.
• Network: Select VPC.

Best practices

Best practices for OpenCL on an f3 instance

Best practices for RTL design on an f3 instance