Versal Premium Series VPK120 Evaluation Kit
by: Xilinx, Inc
The VPK120 Evaluation Kit, equipped with the Versal® Premium series VP1202 ACAP, offers networked, power-optimized cores paired with multiple high-speed connectivity options. The kit is built for network and cloud applications requiring massive serial bandwidth, security, and compute density.
Overview
Product Description
The VPK120 Evaluation Kit offers networked, power-optimized cores paired with many high-speed connectivity options. The kit features the Versal Premium VP1202 ACAP, which integrates 100+Gb/s PAM4 transceivers, PCIe® Gen5 with DMA & CCIX / CXL, 100G Multirate Ethernet cores, 600G Ethernet cores, 400G High-Speed Crypto Engines, and more.
The VPK120 Evaluation Kit is built for network and cloud applications requiring massive serial bandwidth, security, and compute density, such as:
- Metro/core transport
- Data center interconnect
- Security appliances
- Search engines
- Recommendation systems
- Video analytics
- Network testers
- PCIe protocol analyzers
- Digital adaptive radar
Key Features and Benefits
Versal Premium Series Capabilities
- Equipped with Versal Premium VP1202 device
- Ability to jump start hardware and software differentiation with pre-built, pre-engineered infrastructure for next-generation networks and cloud infrastructure
Breadth of Connectivity Options for Rapid Application Development
- PCIe Gen5 interface for high compute performance across multiple markets
- QSFP-DD optical interfaces, IEEE Std 1588, and STMs for networking
- FMC+ connectors supporting a variety of optional plug-in cards
Co-Optimized Tools and Debug Method
- Vivado® ML Design Suite, Vitis™ unified software platform
- Shipped with pre-built boot images
Featured Xilinx Devices
Featuring the Versal® Premium XCVP1202-2MSEVSVA2785 ACAP
| System Logic Cells (K) | 1,969 |
|---|---|
| LUTs | 900,224 |
| DSP Engines | 3,984 |
| Application Processing Unit | Dual-Core Arm® Cortex®-A72 |
| Real-Time Processing Unit | Dual-Core Arm Cortex-R5F |
| GTYP Transceivers (32.75Gb/s) | 28 |
| GTM Transceivers 58G (100+G) | 20 (10) |
| PCIe® w/ DMA & CCIX (CPM5) | 2 x Gen5x8, CCIX |
| PCIe Express | 2 x Gen5x4 |
| 100G Multirate Ethernet MAC | 2 |
| 600G Ethernet MAC | 1 |
| 400G High-Speed Crypto Engine | 1 |
| XPIO DDR + PL | 570 |
Product Information
Board Features
Featuring the Versal® Premium XCVP1202-2MSEVSVA2785 ACAP
| Board Specifications | Value |
|---|---|
| Length | 24.13cm |
| Height | 18.994cm |
| Thickness (±10%) | 1.632mm |
| PCIe® Slots | PCIe endpoint 16 lane edge connector |
| Operating Environmental Temperature | 0◦C to +45◦C |
| Storage Environmental Temperature | -25◦C to +60◦C |
| Configuration | |
| JTAG | Yes |
| QSPI | Yes |
| MicroSD | Yes |
| Memory | |
| LPDDR4 Component | 6 x 2GB |
| MicroSD Socket (Versal device) | 16GB |
| Control I/O | |
| User Pushbuttons | 7 |
| DIP Switches | 4 |
| User LEDs | 4 |
| System Monitor | Yes |
| System Controller | Yes |
| PMBUS | Yes |
| Expansion Connectors | |
| VITA 57.4 FMC+ | One (8 GTY) |
| PCIe Gen5 x8 | One edge connector |
| Communications & Networking | |
| USB JTAG | 1 |
| USB 3.0 | 1 |
| RJ-45 Tri-Speed Ethernet Connectors | 2 |
| QSFP-DD | 2 |
| Clocking | |
| Programmable LPDDR4 Component | 1 |
| PCIe Reference Clock | 1 |
| Programmable 1588 eCPRI (SMA Connector) | 6 |
| Programmable System Controller | 1 |
| Power | |
| 12V Wall Adapter and ATX PCIe 8pin (6+2) Connector | Yes |
| Power-on Reset | Yes |
What's Inside the Box
Featuring the Versal® Premium XCVP1202-2MSEVSVA2785 ACAP
Resources
Design Tools
- Vivado® ML Enterprise Edition: The EDA tool suite to create projects for the VPK120 board. Node-locked and device-locked to the Versal® Premium XCVP1202 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 Prebuilt Images
- To build custom Linux images with modifications, visit the PetaLinux tool page to get an installer and latest board supported packages (BSP).
- To boot with Linux images without modifications, download pre-built PetaLinux images.
