Bittware IA-860m |Massive Memory Bandwidth |PCIe 5.0 + CXL |Intel M-Series Agilex |HBM2e + DDR4 |400G networking

The Bittware IA-860m is built on BittWare’s enterprise-class foundation stones: existing products and processes that are already proven through extensive validation. When it’s time to ramp to production, this means a faster turnaround and utilizing the same hardware you have been using for development.

The Intel Agilex M-Series FPGAs are optimized for applications that are throughput- and memory-intensive. 1TBps Memory Bandwidth: A hardened memory NoC supports the industry’s highest memory bandwidth at over 1 TBps using HBM2e and DDR4. 400G: Configurable networking support for the most demanding bandwidth requirements. PCIe Gen5 and CXL Support: Data transfer speeds 2x faster than Gen4, and high-speed interface between CPUs and workload accelerators.

Built with the latest PCIe Gen5 interface, the IA-860m can transfer up to twice the bandwidth of Gen4 devices. This Massive Memory Bandwidth accelerator card includes Intel’s oneAPI Software Tool Flow Frame for FPGAs.

Third Party IP-Cores:

• PROVA-C 100G Network Infrastructure Testing Application and Appliance
• nxFramework FPGA Development Framework from Enyx
• Arkville DPDK IP Core from Atomic Rules

FEATURES:

• Intel Agilex 7 AGM039 (default)
  • Package: R47A
  • 16GB HBM2e
  • Core speed grade -2; XCVR speed grade -2
  • FPGA includes ARM HPS
• Other Agilex FPGA options are available, including
  • CXL with XCVR speed grade -1 (CXL IP is licensed and purchased separately)
  • 32GB HBM2e
• ARM HPS
  • Dedicated 40-bit DDR4
  • Dedicated Flash memory for booting ARM
  • Optional 1GbE interface (contact BittWare)
• On-Board flash
  • 2Gbit Flash memory for booting FPGA
• External memory:
  • 2x 288-pin DDR4 DIMM slots, each supporting 16GB (default) DDR4 SDRAM modules (32GB total)
• Host interface:
  • x16 Gen5 interface direct to FPGA, connected to PCIe hard IP
  • CXL v1.1 (CXL IP is licensed and purchased separately)
• QSFP-DD cage:
  • 3x QSFP-DD cages on front panel connected directly to FPGA via 24 transceivers
  • User programmable low jitter clocking supporting 10/25/40/100/400GbE
  • Each QSFP-DD can be independently clocked
  • Jitter cleaner for network recovered clocking
  • Multi-rate hard MAC+FEC
  • Fully backward compatible with QSFP28s
• MCIO:
  • Two x8 connectors each supporting 2x Gen4 x4 root complexes (4x Gen4 x4 total)
• External clocking
  • 1 PPS and 10MHz ref clk front panel inputs (optional)
• USB:
  • USB access to BMC, USB-JTAG, USB-UART
• Board Management Controller
  • Power sequencing and reset
  • Voltage, current, temperature monitoring
    • Protection shut-down
  • Clock configuration
  • Low bandwidth BMC-FPGA comms with SPI link
  • USB 2.0
  • PLDM support
  • Card-level security
    • BMC Root of Trust
    • BMC and FPGA secure boot
    • BMC and FPGA secure upgrade
    • Key management
  • RTC with battery backup
• Cooling:
  • Standard: dual-width passive heatsink
  • Optional: dual-width liquid cooling
• Electrical:
  • On-board power derived from PCIe slot 12V and two 8-pin AUX power connectors
  • Power dissipation is application dependent
  • Typical max power consumption TBD
• Environmental:
  • Operating temperature: 5°C to 35°C
• Quality:
  • Manufactured to IPC-A-610 Class 2
  • RoHS compliant
  • CE, FCC & ICES approvals
• Form factor:
  • Standard-height, 3/4-length, dual-slot PCIe card
  • 111.15mm x 266.70mm (4.376in x 10.500in)

Development Tools:

• System development
  • BittWare SDK including PCIe driver, libraries, and board monitoring utilities
• Application development:
  • Supported design flows - Intel High-Level Synthesis (C/C++) & Quartus Prime Pro (HDL, Verilog, VHDL, etc.)

Product Data

• Specifications: BittWare IA-860m PCIe FPGA Board