Versal Premium Series VPK120 Evaluation Kit
by: AMD
The VPK120 Evaluation Kit, equipped with the Versal™ Premium series VP1202 adaptive SoC, 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 adaptive SoC, which integrates 100+ Gb/s PAM4 transceivers, PCIe® Gen5 with DMA & CCIX, 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+ connector supporting a variety of optional plug-in cards
Co-Optimized Tools and Debug Method
- Vivado™ design suite, Vitis™ unified software platform
- Shipped with pre-built boot images
Featured AMD Devices
Featuring the Versal™ Premium XCVP1202-2MSEVSVA2785 Adaptive SoC
| 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 (32.75 Gb/s) | 281 |
| GTM Transceivers (58G (100+G)) | 20 (10) |
| PCIe® w/ DMA & CCIX (CPM5) | 2 x Gen5x8 |
| PCI Express® | 2 x Gen5x4 |
| 100G Multirate Ethernet MAC | 2 |
| 600G Ethernet MAC | 1 |
| 400G High-Speed Crypto Engine | 1 |
| XPIO DDR + PL | 570 |
1. 16 GTYP transceivers are dedicated to CPM5 for PCI Express use.
Product Information
Board Features
Featuring the Versal™ Premium XCVP1202-2MSEVSVA2785 Adaptive SoC
| Board Specifications | Value |
|---|---|
| Length | 9.50 inches (24.13 cm) (¾ PCIe length) |
| Height | 7.478 inches (18.994 cm) |
| Thickness | 64.24 mil ±08% (1.632 mm ±10%) |
| PCIe® | 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 2 GB @ 3900 Mb/s |
| MicroSD Socket (Versal device) | 16 GB |
| Control I/O | |
| User Pushbuttons | 7 |
| DIP Switches | 4 |
| User LEDs | 4 |
| SYSMON | Yes |
| System Controller | Yes |
| PMBUS | Yes |
| Expansion Connectors | |
| VITA 57.4 FMC+ | One (8 GTY) |
| PCIe Gen5x8* | 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 | |
| 180W (12V) Power Supply | Yes |
| Power-on Reset | Yes |
* The VPK120 evaluation kit has a physical x16 edge connector and enables protocol support in two flavors depending on whether overdrive is used or not.
With overdrive, the VPK120 supports: Gen1/2/3/4x16 or Gen5x8.
Without overdrive, the VPK120 supports: Gen1/2/3x16 or Gen4x8. Gen5 is not supported without overdrive.
What's Inside the Box
Featuring the Versal™ Premium XCVP1202-2MSEVSVA2785 Adaptive SoC
Resources
Design Tools
- Vivado™ Design Suite: 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.
Get Started with VPK120
To jump-start prototyping and application development with the VPK120. visit the Wiki page.
- Prep work
- Board setup
- Run the PetaLinux BSP pre-built image
