The Cluster GPU Instance: Amazon’s New EC2 Instance Type

Amazon introduces its lates EC2 instance type called the "Cluster GPU Instance". Now any AWS user can develop and run GPGPU on a cost-effective, pay-as-you-go basis. Similar to Cluster Compute Instance type that was introduced earlier this year, Cluster GPU Instance (cg1.4xlarge if you are using the EC2 APIs) has the following specs:

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