Overview
Product Description
The VHK158 evaluation kit is an evaluation platform for the Versal™ HBM series VH1582 device designed to keep up with the higher memory needs of compute intensive, memory bound applications, providing adaptable acceleration for data center, wired networking, test & measurement, and aerospace & defense applications. The VHK158 board’s primary focus is to enable demonstration and evaluation of the VH1582 silicon and support customer application development
Target Applications
Data Center
- Machine Learning Acceleration
- Compute Pre-Processing and Buffering
- Database Acceleration and Analytics
Wired Networking
- Network Security Acceleration
- Search and Look-Up System
- 800G Switch / Router
Test & Measurement
- Network Testers
- Packet Capturing System
- Data Capturing System
Aerospace & Defense
- Radar
- Data & Signal Processing System
- Secure Communication System
Key Features and Benefits
- 32G HBM memory
- 112G PAM4 transceivers
- QSFP28 and QSFP-DD connectors for optical communication
- PCIe® Gen5x8 and Gen3/4 x16 support
- 32 GB (2x 16 GB), 72-bit DDR4 DIMM @ 3200 Mbps
- FMC+ connector with 8 GTYPs and 68 user-defined signals
- System Controller with BEAM (web-based GUI user interface application)
Featured AMD Devices
Featuring the Versal HBM XCVH1582-2MSEVSVA3697 Adaptive SoC
| DSP Engines | 7,392 |
|---|---|
| System Logic Cells (K) | 3,837 |
| LUTs | 1,753,984 |
| HBM DRAM | 32 GB |
| HBM Bandwidth | 819.2 GBps |
| Application Processing Unit | Dual-core Arm® Cortex®-A72 |
| Real-Time Processing Unit | Dual-core Arm Cortex-R5F |
| GTYP Transceivers (32.75 Gbps) | 681 |
| GTM Transceivers (56G (112G)) | 20 (10) |
| CCIX & PCIe® w/DMA (CPM5) | 2 x Gen5x8, CCIX |
| PCI Express (PLPCIE5) | 8 x Gen5x4 |
| 100G Multirate Ethernet MAC | 4 |
| 600G Ethernet MAC | 1 |
| 400G High-Speed Crypto Engine | 2 |
1. 16 GTYP transceivers are dedicated to CPM5 for PCI Express use.
Product Information
Board Features
Featuring the Versal™ HBM XCVH1582-2MSEVSVA3697 Adaptive SoC
| Board Specifications | Value |
|---|---|
| Height | 8.649 inches (24.651 cm) |
| Length | 9.705 inches (21.961 cm) |
| Thickness | 65.56 mil ±8% (1.6652 mm ±8%) |
| PCIe® Slots | PCIe Gen5 x8, Gen3/4 x16 |
| Operating Environmental Temperature | 0◦C to +45◦C |
| Storage Environmental Temperature | -25◦C to +60◦C |
| Configuration | |
| JTAG | Yes |
| OSPI | Yes |
| MicroSD | Yes |
| Memory | |
| DDR4 DIMM | 32 GB (2x 16 GB), 72-bit @ 3200 Mbps |
| MicroSD Socket (Versal device) | Yes |
| Control I/O | |
| User Pushbuttons | 2 |
| DIP Switches | 4 |
| User LEDs | 4 |
| SYSMON | Yes |
| System Controller | Yes |
| PMBUS | Yes |
| Expansion Connectors | |
| VITA 57.4 FMC+ | 8 GTYPs, 68 user-defined signals |
| Communications & Networking | |
| USB JTAG | 1 |
| USB C | 1 |
| RJ-45 Tri-Speed Ethernet Connectors | 2 |
| QSFP28 | 4 |
| QSFP-DD | 2 |
| Clocking | |
| Programmable DDR4 Clocks | 2 |
| PCIe Reference Clock | 1 |
| Programmable GT Clocks | 12 |
| Programmable HBM Clocks | 2 |
| Programmable 1588 eCPRI (SMA Connector) | 6 |
| Programmable System Controller | 1 |
| Power | |
| 180W (12V) Power Supply | Yes |
| Power-on Reset | Yes |
What's Inside the Box
Featuring the Versal™ HBM XCVH1582-2MSEVSVA3697 Adaptive SoC
Resources
Design Tools
- Vivado™ Design Suite: The EDA tool suite to create projects for the VHK158 board. Node-locked and device-locked to the Versal™ HBM XCVP1582 device, with one year of updates.
- Vitis™ Unified Software Platform: The full suite of tools for developing embedded software, debugging Versal devices, and running targeted reference designs and example designs.
PetaLinux Tools, Board Support Packages, and Pre-Built Images
- To build custom Linux images with modifications, visit the PetaLinux Tools page to get an installer and latest board supported packages (BSP).
- To boot with Linux images without modifications, download Pre-Built PetaLinux Images.
Get Started with VHK158
To jump-start development with the VHK158, visit the Wiki page.
- Prep work
- Board setup
- Run the PetaLinux BSP pre-built image
