{"id":1609,"date":"2010-11-15T15:49:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-15T15:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/support.plunify.com\/en\/2010\/11\/15\/more-than-just-cheap-computing-resources\/"},"modified":"2017-11-01T02:22:52","modified_gmt":"2017-11-01T02:22:52","slug":"more-than-just-cheap-computing-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/support.plunify.com\/en\/2010\/11\/15\/more-than-just-cheap-computing-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"More than just cheap computing resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-size: 13px\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif\">Many hardware designers whom we spoke with, including investors,&nbsp;students, engineers, regardless of whether they work with ASICs or FPGAs, associate cloud computing with utility or cheap computing power. Instead of spending half a million dollars on servers, networking equipment and maintenance, one can simply use a \"rental cloud\".<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-size: 13px\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif\"><br \/><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-size: 13px\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif\">While the benefits are commonly touted, in the digital hardware world, certain attributes like convenience, on-demand scalability and parallel execution of design tasks really come into the fore.<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-size: 13px\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif\"><br \/><\/span> <\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-size: 13px\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif\">For example, instead of designing, synthesizing, placing and routing a single design with a single set of parameters or constraints, let's try the three most probable design configurations at the same time. Once the compute-intensive tasks are complete, your compute resources can be relinquished to save on maintenance time and effort, and re-acquired when the need arises.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many hardware designers whom we spoke with, including investors,&nbsp;students, engineers, regardless of whether they work with ASICs or FPGAs, associate cloud computing with utility or cheap computing power. Instead of spending half a million dollars on servers, networking equipment and maintenance, one can simply use a &#8220;rental cloud&#8221;. 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