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M2. Module
250-M2D
Xilinx® Kintex® UltraScale+™ FPGA on M.2 Accelerator Module
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This is an obsolete product and is no longer available for purchase. Contact BittWare for a recommended newer product.
Overview
The BittWare 250-M2D is an FPGA-based Computational Storage Processor (CSP) designed to meet the draft M.2 Accelerator Module Hardware Specification standard*. It is intended to operate in Glacier Point carrier cards for Yosemite servers. These feature-rich, dense servers are favored by hyperscale and cloud companies striving to improve the performance density and energy-efficiency of machine learning platforms.
The 250-M2D product features a Xilinx Kintex® UltraScale+ FPGA directly coupled to two banks of local DDR4 memory. Customers can either develop their own acceleration applications in HDL, or take advantage of pre-programmed accelerator solutions featuring IP from BittWare partner companies.
Key Features
Ideal for Computational Storage
KU3P FPGA: 356K LCs Kintex UltraScale+
Up to 32 GBytes DDR4
Looking for a Compute and Storage solution?
The 250-M2D is available pre-configured with compute and storage IP from our solutions partners Myrtle.ai and Eideticom
Block Diagram, Data Sheet and Specifications
Specifications
FPGA
- Xilinx Kintex UltraScale+
- KU3P in an B784 package
- Core speed grade - 2
- Contact BittWare for additional FPGA option
On-board DDR4 SDRAM
- Two banks of DDR4 SDRAM x 32 bits
- 8GB bank (16GB version also available)
- Transfer Rate: up to 2400 MT/s
Host interface
- M.2 interface supporting Gen3 x4 PCIe
Cooling
- Passive heatsink
Electrical
- Hot swapping tolerant
- Power dissipation is application dependent
- TDP: 14.85W max
- Module Absolute Peak Power (20us): 24W
Environmental
- Operating temperature: 5°C to 50°C at module inlet
- Cooling: air convection
Quality
- Manufactured to IPC JSTD-001 -Class 2
- RoHS compliant
Form factor
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- M.2 Accelerator Module Hardware Specification* (not designed for standard M.2)
Draft specification document: https://www.opencompute.org/wiki/Server/Working
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
PCIe carrier card
- PCIe carrier card allowing 250-M2D to be populated in a standard PCIe slot for lab development
Deliverables
- 250-M2D FPGA board
- Built-In Self-Test (BIST)
- Eideticom NoLoad pre-installed (optional)
- Myrtle.ai SEAL 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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