BittWare XUPVV4, Xilinx Ultrascale+, 4x QSFP, 512 GB – Sky Blue Microsystems GmbH

BittWare XUPVV4 | Xilinx UltraScale+ FPGA | 4x 100GbE | 512 GB DDR4 | PCIe x16 Gen1,2,3

The BittWare XUPVV4 PCIe accelerator board built with a Xilinx UltraScale+  FPGA is designed for high-density datacenter applications.

The UltraScale+ VU13P offers up to 3.8 million logic elements. This power density makes thermal management difficult, but BittWare supports these high FPGA loads with the Viper platform, which includes 256 GBytes DDR4, and 4x 100 Gbps Ethernet.

Xilinx UltraScale+ 3/4-Length PCIe Board

Viper Platform

BittWare’s Viper platform uses advanced computer flow simulation to drive the physical board design in a thermals-first approach, including the use of heat pipes, airflow channels, and arranging components to maximize the limited available airflow in a server. Viper boards are passive by default, with active cooling as an option.

High-Speed Networking and I/O

This card is enabled for high-speed networking with up to four front panel QSFP+ cages, each supporting 40/100GbE or four 10/25GbE channels.

Serial expansion is available through two UltraPort SlimSAS connectors (16x 24Gbps) that can be connected to a second PCIe interface, another board, or other devices, including IBM’s POWER9 via OpenCAPI.

A utility header provides a 1GbE interface, a PPS input, and a USB interface for debug and programming support.

Memory

The board’s flexible memory configuration includes four DIMM sites that support DDR4 SDRAM and QDR. Memory card options include up to 128 GBytes of DDR4 with optional error-correcting codes (ECC) or up 576 Mbits QDR (x18). The board also features flash memory for FPGA image.

Board Management Controller

This boards‘s advanced system monitoring subsystem features a Board Management Controller (BMC), which accepts Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) messaging protocol commands.

The BMC features include control of power and resets, monitoring of board sensors, FPGA boot loader, voltage overrides, configuration of programmable clocks, access to I2C bus components, field upgrades, and IPMI messaging.

Access to the BMC is via PCIe or USB. BittWare’s BittWorks II Toolkit also provides utilities and libraries for communicating with the BMC components at a higher, more abstract level, allowing developers to remotely monitor the state of the board.

BittWorks II Toolkit

BittWare offers complete software support for this card with its BittWorks II software tools. The BittWorks II Toolkit serves as the main interface between the BittWare board and the host system. The Toolkit includes drivers, libraries, utilities, and example projects for accessing, integrating, and developing applications for the BittWare board.

FPGA Example Projects

BittWare offers FPGA example projects to provide FPGA board support IP and integration for its UltraScale+ boards. The example projects easily integrate with the Xilinx Vivado tools and illustrate how to move data between the board’s different interfaces. All examples are available for download on BittWare’s developer website.

BittWare XUPVV4 accelerator diagram showing hardware components for high-speed networking and key features of 3/4 length standard-height PCIe dual-slot card.
Hardware accelerator diagram: BittWare XUPVV4 with four front panel QSFP+ cages, each supporting 40/100GbE or four 10/25GbE channels.

Product Data

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XUPVV4 PCIe accelerator board with Xilinx Virtex UltraScale+ VU13P and air-cooling.
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BittWorks II Toolkit include BwMonitor app provides a view into the board management capabilities like live board power and temperature display of BittWare hardware.
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