250S+

Block Diagram

Board Specifications

FPGA

• Xilinx Kintex UltraScale+
  • KU15P in a FFVA1156 package
  • Core speed grade -2
• Contact BittWare for other FPGA options

On-board DDR4 SDRAM

• One bank of DDR4 SDRAM x80 bits
• 8GB per bank (4GB version also available)
• Transfer Rate: 2400 MT/s

Host interface

• x8 mechanical PCIe Gen3

Storage options

• Four on-board 960GB NVMe SSD sticks
• Four OCuLink cables
• Four MiniSAS-HD cables

Power supply monitoring & reporting

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

Cooling

• Single-width passive heatsink for FPGA power up to 25W
• Double-width passive heatsink for FPGA power up to 50W

Electrical

• On-card power derived from PCIe slot supplies
• Power dissipation is application dependent
• Typical FPGA power consumption ~25-50W

Environmental

• Operating temperature: 5°C to 35°C

Quality

• Manufactured to ISO9001:2008 IPC JSTD-001 -Class III
• RoHS compliant

Form factor

• Half-height, half-length PCIe board
• Dimensions: 167.7 mm x 68.9 mm
• Single or double-width option
• Full-height PCI bracket option

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

• Xilinx Tools – Vivado Design Suite HLx Editions: HDL and C/C++ with HLS
• OpenPOWER CAPI SNAP 2.0 for POWER9

Deliverables

• 250S+ FPGA board
• Built-In Self-Test (BIST)
• 1-year access to online Developer Site
• 1-year hardware warranty