Xilinx Alveo U50 Installation Guide

• 8 GB HBM memory - in two 4 gigabyte (GB) HBM memory stacks
○ Split into 32 256 MB channels
• One gigabit (Gb) quad SPI ash memory for conguraon
• Ethernet networking interfaces
○ One QSFP28 connector supporng 100 GbE, 40 GbE, or 4x10/25 GbE
• JTAG and UART access through the maintenance connector
• 16-lane integrated Endpoint block for PCI Express connecvity
○ Gen3 x16 supporng to x1, x2, x4, x8, x16 lane conguraons
○ Single or dual Gen4 x8
• Status LEDs
• I2C bus
• Power management with system management bus (SMBus) voltage, current, and temperature
monitoring
• 75W PCIe slot power only
Note: The Alveo U50 card has separate power rails for FPGA fabric and HBM memory. Developers must
ensure their designs do not draw too much power for each rail.
Related Information
Known Issues
Minimum System Requirements
The minimum system requirements for running the Alveo
™
U50 Data Center accelerator cards
are listed in the following table.
Table 1: Minimum System Requirements
Component Requirement
Motherboard PCI Express
®
3.0-compliant with one x16 slot.
System Power Supply 75W
Operating System Linux, 64-bit:
• Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04, 20.04
• CentOS 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8, 8.1, 8.2
• RHEL 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8, 8.1, 8.2
Chapter 1: Introduction
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Xilinx Alveo U50 Specifications

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Brand	Xilinx
Model	Alveo U50
Category	Computer Hardware
Language	English