Table 1: Alveo U200/U250/U280 Features
Card Component U200 U250 U280
FPGA UltraScale+
XCU200-2FSGD2104E
UltraScale+
XCU250-2LFIGD2104E
UltraScale+
XCU280-L2FSVH2892E
DDR4 64 gigabyte (GB)
4x DDR4 16 GB
32 gigabyte (GB)
2x DDR4 16 GB
2400 mega-transfers per second (MT/s), 64-bit with error correcting code (ECC) DIMM
x4/x8 unregistered dual inline memory module (UDIMM) support
HBM – – ✓
Configuration Options 1 gigabit (Gb) Quad Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) flash memory
Micro-AB universal serial bus (USB) JTAG configuration port
PCIe 16-lane PCI Express
PCIe Integrated Endpoint block connectivity
Gen1, 2, or 3 up to x16
I2C Bus ✓ ✓ ✓
Status LEDs ✓ ✓ ✓
Power Management Power management with system management bus (SMBus) voltage, current, and
temperature monitoring
External Power Sources 65W PCIe slot functional with PCIe slot power only
150 W PCIe slot functional with 110 A max V
CCINT
current PCIe slot power and 6-pin PCIe
AUX power cable connected
225 W PCIe slot functional with 160 A max V
CCINT
current PCIe slot power and 8-pin PCIe
AUX power cable connected
Flash Memory Onboard reprogrammable flash configuration memory
UART Universal asynchronous receiver-transmitter (UART) access through the USB port
Configuration UltraScale+ device configurable over USB/JTAG and Quad SPI configuration flash memory
Minimum System Requirements
The minimum system requirements for running the Alveo™ U200/U250/U280 Data Center
accelerator cards are listed below:
Table 2: Minimum System Requirements
Component Requirement
Motherboard PCI Express
®
3.0-compatible with one dual-width x16 slot.
System Power Supply 225W via PCI Express Slot connection and 8-pin PCI Express Auxiliary Power
cable.
Operating System Linux, 64-bit:
• Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04
• CentOS 7.4, 7.5, 7.6
• RHEL 7.4, 7.5, 7.6
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