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FPGA Server
TeraBox X5000TT
Multi-FPGA system for high performance computing & network processing
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Overview
High performance computing (HPC) and network/packet processing applications demand high-power processing and low-latency I/O. BittWare’s Serial Expansion Chassis delivers both, with up to 4.6 Terabits/sec of I/O and the processing power of up to 8 large FPGAs. A scalable, high-performance FPGA platform, it is a turnkey solution that arrives tested and configured, ready for you to begin developing your application. Connect multiple TeraBox X5000TT expansion chassis to a server, such as BittWare’s TeraBox 4000S, and you can have dozens of FPGAs connected to the same host.
Key Features
Up to
32 QSFPs
for 64x 100G or 256x 10/25G
5U
8 FPGAs in a 5U server
Support for BittWare’s full range of FPGA cards
Chassis Key Specs
- 5U, depth 18in (457mm)
- Host card: PEU8039 x16 PCIe host card
- Expansion cable: 128Gb/s, 1 or 3 meters
- Slots: 8x PCIe Gen3 x16
- Power supply: 1200W micro-redundant
FPGA Cards
The TeraBox X500TT supports up to eight BittWare PCIe boards. Choose from variety of boards based on the UltraScale+ or Stratix 10 FPGAs. System specs will vary greatly, depending on the FPGA board you select. For example with eight BittWare XUP-P3R PCIe boards, which support up to 512Gbytes of DDR4 per board, the chassis can support as much as 4 Terabytes of memory with 4.9 Terabits/sec of memory bandwidth. With four Stratix 10 boards, each chassis supports 16.8 million logic elements.
Development Support
BittWare offers complete development support for the PCIe boards in the TeraBox X5000TT system. Use BittWare’s BittWorks II Toolkit – a collection of libraries and applications that provides complete hardware and FPGA interfaces – along with BittWare’s FPGA examples for traditional HDL FPGA development. Or use SDAccel or OpenCL for a high-level software-like FPGA development flow.
The TeraBox Advantage
Choosing a TeraBox FPGA server means knowing you are getting a pre-configured and tested solution. This includes setup and installation of your FPGA cards and associated hardware, your choice of operating system, and development tools. Your TeraBox arrives ready for use—giving your team more time for development and deployment.
Block Diagram, Data Sheet and Specifications
Example System Configuration
The TeraBox X5000TT supports many of BittWare’s Achronix, Intel, or Xilinx FPGA-based PCIe cards. The table below lists specifications for some of these cards*:
| FPGA | Cards in Server | Memory | I/O | Processing | |
| S7t-VG6 | Speedster 7t | 4 | 32 banks GDDR6 (up to 32 GBytes) | 1.8 Terabit/sec 24x 100/50/40/25/10 GbE | 2.75 million 6-input lookup tables (LUTs) 750 Mbits embedded RAM |
| 520N-MX | Stratix 10 MX | 4 | 8 banks DDR4 (up to 1 Terabyte) 16 banks QDRII+ (up to 2.3 Gbits) | 1 Terabit/sec 16x 100/50/40/25/10 GbE | 8.4 million system logic elements 64 GBytes HBM2 |
| XUP-VV8 | UltraScale+ VU13P | 4 | 16 banks DDR4 (up to 2 Terabytes) 32 banks QDRII+ (up to 9.2 Gbits) | 2.3 Terabits/sec 32x 100/50/40/25/10 GbE | 15.2 million system logic cells Up to 49.152 DSP slices |
Server Specifications
Trenton Systems TTX5100
- PCIe Gen2 expansion system (Gen3 available soon)
- 5U rackmount chassis: 19.0”/483mm (W) x 8.75”/222mm (H) x 18.0”/457mm (D)
- Single USB interface to all boards in chassis, via a front panel USB port on the chassis
- PEU8039 PCIe host card for PCIe over cable I/O
- PED8044 PCIe target card for PCIe over cable I/O
- 1U micro-redundant 1200W ATX power supply
- Supports up to 8 double-wide Gen2 x16 boards
- 128 Gb/s host bus-to-expansion systems bandwidth (shared across all boards)
- One- or three-meter expansion cable
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