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# AWS::EC2::Instance ElasticGpuSpecification
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**Note**  
Amazon Elastic Graphics reached end of life on January 8, 2024.

Specifies the type of Elastic GPU. An Elastic GPU is a GPU resource that you can attach to your Amazon EC2 instance to accelerate the graphics performance of your applications.

`ElasticGpuSpecification` is a property of the [AWS::EC2::Instance](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-properties-ec2-instance.html) resource.

## Syntax
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To declare this entity in your CloudFormation template, use the following syntax:

### JSON
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```
{
  "[Type](#cfn-ec2-instance-elasticgpuspecification-type)" : String
}
```

### YAML
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```
  [Type](#cfn-ec2-instance-elasticgpuspecification-type): String
```

## Properties
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`Type`  <a name="cfn-ec2-instance-elasticgpuspecification-type"></a>
The type of Elastic Graphics accelerator.  
*Required*: Yes  
*Type*: String  
*Update requires*: [Replacement](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/using-cfn-updating-stacks-update-behaviors.html#update-replacement)