FPGA Instances

Hardware-accelerated compute.

Xilinx and Intel FPGA instances for custom hardware acceleration. Accelerate genomics, video transcoding, financial computing, and network appliances with reconfigurable logic.

FPGA FABRICProgramming bitstream...Xilinx U280100× faster

Xilinx & Intel

FPGAs

Runtime partial

Reconfiguration

Vitis / Quartus

Development

100 Gbps

Network

Reconfigurable acceleration.

Xilinx and Intel FPGAs for custom hardware acceleration workloads.

Xilinx and Intel FPGAs

Alveo U250/U280 and Intel Agilex FPGAs attached to high-memory instances. Pre-built bitstreams for common workloads.

Runtime reconfiguration

Partial reconfiguration allows loading new accelerator functions without restarting the instance.

Development tools

Vitis and Quartus development environments pre-installed. High-level synthesis from C++ and OpenCL.

AMI marketplace

Pre-built FPGA images for genomics (GATK), video (HEVC/AV1 encode), and financial (options pricing) acceleration.

SmartNIC acceleration

Use FPGAs as programmable SmartNICs for custom network processing, packet filtering, and encryption offload.

Deterministic latency

Hardware execution paths deliver microsecond-level deterministic latency — no OS jitter, no garbage collection pauses.

Getting started

Launch your first instance in three steps. CLI, console, or API — your choice.

Terminal
ur compute instances create fpga-dev \
  --machine-type=f1-standard-16 \
  --accelerator=type=xilinx-u280 \
  --image=fpga-developer-ami

Hardware-speed workflows.

Genomics, financial computing, and video encoding — 10-100× faster in hardware.

Accelerated genome analysis

GATK variant calling 30× faster with FPGA acceleration. Process whole-genome samples in under 30 minutes.

View tutorial

Suggested configuration

F1-standard-16 · Xilinx U280 · GATK

Estimate your costs

Create detailed configurations to see exactly how much your architecture will cost. Pay for what you use, down to the second.

Configuration 1

Estimated: $115.12/mo

Platform & Architecture

Compute Resources

GB

Storage

GB

Cost Optimization

Preemptible InstanceSave up to 70% — may be reclaimed
Config 1 cost$115.12

Cost details

$115.12

Custom bitstream deployment. Shell images for common workloads.

Configuration 1
$115.12
1 vCPU × 16 GB Compute$105.12
Persistent Storage$10.00

Works seamlessly with

Virtual Machines
Cloud Storage
Kubernetes Engine
Cloud Monitoring
IAM
Cloud Logging

Frequently asked questions

Accelerate in hardware.

Launch FPGA instances with pre-built accelerators or develop your own custom logic.