Alveo U280 Data Center Accelerator Card
Product Description
AMD Alveo™ U280 Data Center accelerator cards are designed to meet the constantly changing needs of the modern Data Center. Built on the AMD 16nm UltraScale+™ architecture, Alveo U280 offers 8GB of HBM2 460 GB/s bandwidth to provide high-performance, adaptable acceleration for memory-bound, compute intensive applications including database, analytics, and machine learning inference. The U280 acceleration card includes PCI Express 4.0 support to leverage the latest server interconnect infrastructure for high-bandwidth host processors.
Alveo accelerator cards are adaptable to changing acceleration requirements and algorithm standards, capable of accelerating any workload without changing hardware, and reduce overall cost of ownership.
These production Alveo U280 Data Center Accelerator cards can be volume deployed in data centers or used for application development and prototyping. Only the U280 active cards include a USB for developers.
Alveo optional accessories extend the capabilities and access to Alveo data center acceleration cards. Accessories include power adapter cables and USB cables.
Buy AccessoriesKey Features & Benefits
Fast – Highest Performance
- High performance compute resources combined with high bandwidth memory for over 8x improvement in database workload performance
Adaptable – Accelerate Any Workload
- Database search to natural language processing to any workload using the same accelerator card. As workload algorithms evolve, use reconfigurable hardware to adapt faster than fixed-function accelerator card product cycles
Accessible – Cloud <-> On-Premises Mobility
- Deploy solutions on the cloud or on-premises interchangeably, scalable to application requirements
| Card Specifications | U280 Production | |
|---|---|---|
| Thermal Cooling | Passive | Active |
| Compute | ||
| INT8 TOPs (peak) | 24.5 | 24.5 |
| Dimensions | ||
| Width | Dual Slot | Dual Slot |
| Form Factor | Full Height, 3/4 Length | Full Height, Full Length |
| DRAM Memory | ||
| HBM2 Total Capacity | 8GB | 8GB |
| HBM2 Total Bandwidth | 460GB/s | 460GB/s |
| DDR Format | 2x 16GB 72b DIMM DDR4 | 2x 16GB 72b DIMM DDR4 |
| DDR Memory Capacity | 32GB | 32GB |
| DDR Total Bandwidth | 38GB/s | 38GB/s |
| SRAM Memory | ||
| Internal SRAM Capacity | 41MB | 41MB |
| Internal SRAM Total Bandwidth | 30TB/s | 30TB/s |
| Interfaces | ||
| PCI Express | Gen4x8 with CCIX | Gen4x8 with CCIX |
| Network Interfaces | 2x QSFP28 (100GbE) | 2x QSFP28 (100GbE) |
| Logic Resources | ||
| Look-up Tables (LUTs) | 1,079,000 | 1,079,000 |
| Power | ||
| Maximum Total Power | 225W | 225W |
Alveo U280 Package File Downloads
The U280 Alveo Data Center accelerator card supports both Vivado design entry as well as a Vitis software platform. The Vivado flow is recommended for FPGA designers that want to use traditional design flows, such as RTL or HLx, while the Vitis software platform is recommended for SW developers. Select the Vitis or Vivado tab below for the steps to get started.
Select your options to obtain the matching download files
Alveo U280 Accelerator Card
Note: See AR33838 for details on Tools support for new and legacy platforms.
Develop Your Own Alveo U280 Accelerated Applications in Vivado
For development using RTL and HLx, follow these steps:
Xbflash2 Utility
The xbflash utility can help to flash a custom image onto a given Alveo card. Please check the detailed user guide at: https://xilinx.github.io/XRT/master/html/xbflash2.html
| Description | Links |
|---|---|
| RHEL/CentOS 7.8, 7.9 | xrt_202210.2.13.466_7.8.2003-x86_64-xbflash2.rpm (zip) |
| RHEL 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5 | xrt_202210.2.13.466_8.1.1911-x86_64-xbflash2.rpm (zip) |
| Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS, 18.04.5 LTS | xrt_202210.2.13.466_18.04-amd64-xbflash2.deb |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, 20.04.1 LTS, 20.04.2 LTS, 20.04.3 LTS | xrt_202210.2.13.466_20.04-amd64-xbflash2.deb |
Buy Online from AMD
Alveo U280 (Passive)
$7,717 per board
Lead Time: 16 weeks*
Part Number: A-U280-P32G-PQ-G
Alveo U280 (Active)
$7,717 per board
Lead Time: 16 weeks*
Part Number: A-U280-A32G-DEV-G
* Lead time applies to quantities of 10 or less units. For more than 10, please contact Customer Service.