[akshayn]

You should compare this to the cost of buying an FPGA. It can be cost-effective.

[taylorphebus]

https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/xilinx-inc/XCVU9P-...

The list price of a Vu9P is like $50,000. I'm sure that's not the real price, but still.

[gravypod]

https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/microsemi-corporat...

This is about half as powerful but comes preassembled and ready to go. Also "only" $500

[mng2]

The 'VU9P has ~2.5M logic elements and 6840 DSP units. The M2S090 has ~90K logic elements and 84 math blocks. It's nowhere near the same class of device.

The AWS FPGA offering only makes sense if you absolutely need a massive FPGA connected to massive amounts of RAM, and don't want to spend the bucks to own it yourself.

[blackguardx]

Microsemi doesn't make high performance FPGAs. Their niche is aerospace/defense, low-power, and flash/instant-on FPGAs.