• 8 GB HBM memory - in two 4 gigabyte (GB) HBM memory stacks
○
Split into 32 256 MB channels
• One gigabit (Gb) quad SPI flash memory for configuration
• Ethernet networking interfaces
○
One QSFP28 connector supporting 100 GbE, 40 GbE, or 4x10/25 GbE
• JTAG and UART access through the maintenance connector
• 16-lane integrated Endpoint block for PCI Express connectivity
○
Gen3 x16 supporting to x1, x2, x4, x8, x16 lane configurations
○
Single or dual Gen4 x8
• Status LEDs
• I2C bus
• Power management with system management bus (SMBus) voltage, current, and temperature
monitoring
• 75W PCIe slot power only
Note: The Alveo U50 card has separate power rails for FPGA fabric and HBM memory. Developers must
ensure their designs do not draw too much power for each rail.
Related Information
Minimum System Requirements
The minimum system requirements for running the Alveo
™
U50 Data Center accelerator cards
are listed in the following table.
Table 1: Minimum System Requirements
Component
Requirement
Motherboard
PCI Express
®
3.0-compliant with one x16 slot.
System Power Supply
75W
Operating System
Linux, 64-bit:
•
Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04, 20.04
•
CentOS 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8, 8.1, 8.2
•
RHEL 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8, 8.1, 8.2
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