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PCIe FPGA Card
S7t-VG6
VectorPath Accelerator Card
Achronix Speedster7t FPGA board with GDDR6 and QSFP-DD
Overview
The S7t-VG6 VectorPath accelerator card offers a 7nm Achronix FPGA that is optimized for high-speed networking and fast, high-capacity memory access. Featuring a QSFP-DD (double-density) cage, the board supports up to 1x 400GbE or 4x 100GbE using the 56G PAM4-enabled Speedster®7t device. An additional QSFP port supports 2x 100GbE, and a 4x MCIO connector for expansion. Sixteen channels of GDDR6 graphics DRAM handle high-bandwidth memory requirements, providing up to 448GB/s.
The FPGA offers large logic and memory resources—up to 692K 6-input lookup tables (LUTs), and 189 Mb embedded RAM. It also provides 2,560 MLPs (machine-learning blocks).
Key Features
QSFPs for 1x 400G or 6x 100G
16GB GDDR6 up to 448GB/s
7nm FPGA with 56Gbps SERDES
Video
Craig Petrie gives a detailed explanation of the card's key features.
Generation 5.0
Double the Bandwidth!
The S7t-VG6 is ready for Gen5 for twice the bandwidth per lane of Gen4.
Block Diagram, Data Sheet and Specifications
Specifications
FPGA
- Achronix Speedster AC7t1500
- 52.5 x52.5 package
- 692K 6-input lookup tables (LUTs)
- 189 Mb embedded RAM
- 2,560 MLPs
On-board Memory
- 16 GBytes GDDR6: 8 banks (2 independant 16-bit, 14 Gbps channels per bank), 3.5 Tbps aggregate bandwidth
- One bank DDR4-2666 with ECC, up to 4 GBytes (x72)
- Flash memory for booting FPGA
Host interface
- PCI-SIG certified to support PCIe Gen5 x16 host interface
External clocking
- 1 PPS and 10MHz ref clk front panel inputs
USB
- USB port for access to BMC, USB-JTAG, USB-UART
- Second USB port for daisy chain
MCIO
- MCIO connected to FPGA via 4x transceivers
- PCIe Gen5 Hard IP
GPIO
- 8 GPIO pins, 3.3V, single ended, direction (Tx, Rx) independently settable by FPGA per GPIO, buffers rated to 200Mbps
QSFP cages
- QSFP-DD cage on front panel
- 56G PAM4 transceivers
- 400/200/100/50/25/10GbE
- Hard MAC and FEC
- QSFP56 cage on front panel
- 56G PAM4 transceivers
- 200/100/50/25/10GbE
- Hard MAC and FEC
Board management controller
- Voltage, current, temperature monitoring
- Power sequencing and reset
- Field upgrades
- FPGA configuration and control
- Clock configuration
- I2C bus access
- USB 2.0
- Voltage overrides
Cooling
- Standard: dual-width passive heatsink
- Optional: dual-width active heatsink
- Optional: dual-width liquid cooling
Electrical
- On-board power from two AUX connectors (8 pin)
- Power dissipation is application dependent
- Typical max power consumption TBD
Environmental
- Operating temperature 5°C to 35°C
- Airfow requirements: contact BittWare
Form factor
- Standard-height PCIe dual-width board
- Size: 111.15mm x 266.70mm (4.376in x 10.500in)
Development Tools
System development
- Software development toolkit including PCIe driver, libraries and board monitoring utilities
FPGA development
- Achronix tools—ACE Design Tools
- FPGA example projects
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