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Question: When joining the AMD hackathon, do we need to ask AMD employees for Radeon Cloud credits?

Answer:

Yes, most likely you need to get credits before using the Radeon Cloud GPU, but it may not necessarily require directly asking an AMD employee. There are usually several paths:

  1. Hackathon-provided credits

    For AMD-sponsored hackathons, organizers often provide participants with cloud access codes/credits. The best action is:

    • join the Luma event

    • join the event Discord/Slack (if provided)

    • ask the AMD organizer or mentor:

    “Is there a GPU credit code or AMD Radeon Cloud access available for hackathon participants?”

    This is the normal way.

  2. AMD Developer Program credits

    AMD also has an official developer program that provides cloud credits. Their current flow is:

    • join AMD AI Developer Program
    • request cloud credits
    • wait for approval

    AMD says developers can request credits through the developer portal, with approval based on use case. (AMD)

  3. Radeon Cloud account credits

    The Radeon Cloud page indicates login via GitHub or ModelScope and launching GPU notebooks after claiming credits. (Radeon Cloud)

The “10 credits/hour” shown means:

GPU usage:
1 hour = 1 credit

Example:
100 credits = 10 hours GPU runtime

The important thing is do not start a GPU instance before confirming the credit source, because cloud GPUs usually consume credits while running.

For the hackathon, I would ask early:

Hi AMD team,

I joined the AMD hackathon and would like to use Radeon Cloud
for my project. Are there free GPU credits available for participants?
If yes, could you share the process/code to claim them?

Thanks!

Also check whether the hackathon has a prize or participant benefit section. Some AMD events explicitly provide cloud credits or GPU access. (AMD)

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