PCIe FPGA Card

250-U2

UltraScale+ on U.2 Form Factor

Fully programmable FPGA processor for NVMe acceleration

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Overview

BittWare’s 250-U2 is a Computational Storage Processor conforming to the U.2 form factor. It features an AMD Kintex UltraScale+ FPGA directly coupled to local DDR4 memory. This energy-efficient, flexible compute node is intended to be deployed within conventional U.2 NVMe storage arrays (approximately 1:8 ratio) allowing FPGA-accelerated instances of:

  • Erasure Coding and Deduplication
  • Compression, Encryption & Hashing
  • String/Image Search and Database Sort/ Join/Filter
  • Machine Learning Inference

The 250-U2 can be wholly programmed by customers developing in-house capabilities or delivered as a ready-to-run pre-configured solution featuring Eideticom’s NoLoad® IP. The 250-U2 is front-serviceable in a 1U chassis and can be mixed in with storage units in the same server, allowing users to mix-and-match storage and acceleration.

Key Features

Ideal for U.2 NVMe storage arrays

Up to 16 GBytes DDR4

KU15P Kintex UltraScale+ FPGA: 1.1 million LCs

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Specifications

FPGA

  • AMD Kintex UltraScale+
    • KU15P in an FFVA1156 package
    • Core speed grade - 2
  • Contact BittWare for KU11P FPGA option

On-board DDR4 SDRAM

  • One bank of DDR4 SDRAM x 72 bits
  • 8GB bank (16GB version also available)
  • Transfer Rate: 2400 MT/s

Host interface

  • U.2 Connector
  • Compliant to SFF-8639

Datacenter deployment

  • On-board NVMe compliant SMBUs controller (Spec. 1.0a)
  • Field flash update via software or SMBus
  • SMBus FPGA flash control: anti-bricking, fallback, and multiboot
  • SMBus access to unique board data and temperature sensor

Back panel features

  • User LEDs accessible
  • Reset switch to restore factory settings

Development features (behind back panel)

  • JTAG connector for access to the FPGA, flash, and debug tools
  • GPIO connector
  • MicroSD connector

Power supply monitoring & reporting

  • Voltage monitoring
  • Temperature monitoring
  • Fault condition reporting to FPGA

Cooling

  • U.2 drive case optimized for cooling with passive heatsink

Electrical

  • Hot swapping tolerant
  • On-card power derived from U.2 supplies
  • Power dissipation is application dependent
  • Typical FPGA power consumption ~20W
  • Card designed to deliver up to 25W power consumption

Environmental

  • Operating temperature: 5°C to 35°C
  • Cooling: air convection

Form factor

  • U.2 compliant 2.5” Drive Form Factor
  • Height: 15mm

Development Tools

FPGA development

  • BIST - Built-In Self-Test for CentOS 7 provided with source code (pinout, gateware, PCIe driver and host test application)

Application development

  • AMD Tools - Vivado Design Suite HLx Editions: HDL and C/C++ with HLS

Deliverables

  • 250-U2 FPGA board
  • Built-In Self-Test (BIST)
  • Eideticom NoLoad pre-installed (optional)
  • 1-year access to online Developer Site
  • 1-year hardware warranty
  • Contact BittWare for extended warranty and support options

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