diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index d390ca1..eeb79f1 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -734,7 +734,12 @@ EC2 - Aside from bootstrapping, you should manage keys yourself on the instances, assigning individual keys to individual users or services as appropriate. - Avoid reusing the original boot keys except by administrators when creating new instances. - Avoid sharing keys and [add individual ssh keys](http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/87480/managing-multiple-ssh-private-keys-for-a-team) for individual users. -- **GPU support:** You can rent GPU-enabled instances on EC2. There are [two instance types](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/using_cluster_computing.html). Both sport an NVIDIA card (K520, 1536 CUDA cores and M2050, 448 CUDA cores). +- **GPU support:** You can rent GPU-enabled instances on EC2 for use in machine learning or graphics rendering workloads. + - There are [three generations](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/using_cluster_computing.html) of GPU-enabled instances available: + - Third generation P2 series offers NVIDIA K80 GPUs in 1, 8 and 16 GPU configurations targeting machine learning and scientific workloads. + - Second generation G2 series offers NVIDIA K520 GPUs in 1 or 4 GPU configurations targeting graphics and video encoding. + - First generation CG1 instances are still available in some regions in a single configuration with a NVIDIA M2050 GPU. + - 🔹As with any expensive EC2 instance types, [Spot instances can offer significant savings](#ec2-cost-management) with GPU workloads when interruptions are tolerable. ### EC2 Gotchas and Limitations