Bittware IA-440i and IA-640i | Agilex 7 I-Series FPGAs |PCIe 5.0 + CXL | 400G networking

The Bittware IA-440i and IA-640i are compact 400G FPGA Accelerator Cards. The Intel Agilex 7 I-Series FPGAs are optimized for applications that are bandwidth intensive and require high performance processor interfaces.

This Single-Width Card has 400G configurable networking support for the most demanding bandwidth requirements including hard Ethernet media access control (MAC), physical coding sublayer (PCS), and forward error correction (FEC) for a range of speeds.

The IA-440i and IA-640i feature 2nd Gen Intel® Hyperflex™ Architecture, which yields up to 40 percent higher performance.

PCIe Gen5 supports data transfer speeds 2x higher than PCIe Gen4, providing greater performance capabilities to developers of PC interconnect, graphics adapters, and chip-level communications. And Compute Express Link (CXL) support enables high-speed, low-latency interface to CPUs.

The IA-780i is built on BittWare’s enterprise-class foundation stones: existing products and processes that are already proven through extensive validation. When it’s time to ramp to production, this means a faster turnaround and utilizing the same hardware you have been using for development.

IP & Solutions from BittWare Partners

VAS Suite Video Analytics Solution from Megh

MACsec IP Core from Xiphera

NVMe Bridge Platform IP from IntelliProp

oneAPI Software Tool Flow Frame for FPGAs by Intel

Board Specifications

FPGA:
- Intel Agilex 7 I-Series: AGI019 or AGI023
  - AGI019: Core speed grade -2: XCVR speed grade -1
  - AGI023: Core speed grade -1: XCVR speed grade -1
  - XCVR speed grade -1 supports CXL (CXL IP is licensed and purchased separately)
  - FPGA includes ARM HPS
- Other Agilex FPGA options are available, including
  - Hard crypto blocks
On-Board flash: 2Gbit Flash memory for booting FPGA
External memory: 2x banks on-board DDR4, up to 16GB each
Host interface:
- x16 Gen5 interface direct to FPGA, connected to PCIe hard IP
- CXL v1.1 (CXL IP is licensed and purchased separately)
QSFP-DD cage:
- 400 Gbps (8x 50Gbps PAM4)
- PAM4: 1x 400GbE, 2x 200GbE, 4x 100GbE, 8x 50GbE
- NRZ: 1x 200GbE, 2x 100GbE, 4x 50GbE, 8x 10/25 GbE
- Multi-rate hard MAC supports all combinations
- Jitter cleaner for network recovered clocking
External clocking:
- 1 PPS and 10MHz ref clk inputs (in-board)
USB: USB access to BMC, USB-UART
Board Management Controller
- Power sequencing and reset
- Voltage, current, temperature monitoring
  - Protection shut-down
- Clock configuration
- Low bandwidth BMC-FPGA comms with SPI link
- USB 2.0
- PLDM support
Card-level security
- BMC Root of Trust
- BMC and FPGA secure boot
- BMC and FPGA secure upgrade
- Key management
- RTC with battery backup
Cooling
- Standard: single-width passive heatsink
Electrical
- On-board power derived from PCIe slot and external power connector
- Power dissipation is application dependent
- Max power consumption 150W
Environmental
- Operating temperature: 5°C to 35°C
Quality
- Manufactured to IPC-A-610 Class 2
- RoHS compliant
- CE, FCC & ICES approvals
Form factor
- Standard-height, 3/4-length, single-slot PCIe card

Development Tools

BittWare SDK including PCIe driver, libraries, and board monitoring utilities
Intel FPGA oneAPI Base Toolkit, Intel High-Level Synthesis (C/C++) and Quartus Prime Pro (HDL, Verilog, VHDL, etc.)

Product Data

Specifications: BittWare IA-440i PCIe FPGA Card
Specifications: BittWare IA-640i PCIe FPGA Card

Please use our FPGA Board Selector to find your preferred model.

BittWare IA-440i PCIe FPGA Card with QSFP-DD 400GbE, DDR4 SDRAM, and PCIe Gen5 x16 with CXL. — IA-440i Agilex FPGA card with 400GbE and PCIe Gen5 x16.

BittWare IA-440i PCIe FPGA Card accelerator diagram showing key hardware feature: Agilex I, 2.3M LEs and crypto blocks, USB for BMC and FPGA UART, 2x banks DDR4 SDRAM, PCIe Gen5x16, QSFP-DD for 400Gbps. — Hardware accelerator diagram IA-440i PCIe FPGA Card.

BittWare IA-640i PCIe FPGA Card with Intel Agilex 7 I-Series AGI019 or AGI023 and 2x banks on-board DDR4, up to 32GB each. — IA-640i FPGA card with Intel Agilex 7 I-Series AGI019 or AGI023.

BittWare IA-640i PCIe FPGA Card accelerator diagram showing key hardware feature: Agilex I, 2.3M LEs and crypto blocks, MCIO Expansion Port, USB for BMC and FPGA UART, 2x banks DDR4 SDRAM, PCIe Gen5x16, QSFP-DD for 400Gbps. — Hardware accelerator diagram IA-640i PCIe FPGA Card.