Chapter 3
Board Component Descriptions
Overview
This chapter provides a detailed funconal descripon of the board’s components and features.
Table 1 idenes the components, references the respecve schemac page numbers, and links
to the corresponding detailed funconal descripon in this chapter. Component locaons are
shown in Figure 2.
Component Descriptions
Virtex UltraScale+ XCVU37P-2FSVH2892E Device
[Figure 2, callout 1]
The VCU128 board incorporates the VU37P high bandwidth memory (HBM) FPGA, which
ulizes stacked silicon interconnect (SSI) technology to add HBM die next to the FPGA die on the
package substrate. The VCU128 board is populated with the Virtex
®
UltraScale+™
XCVU37P-2FSVH2892E device. For more informaon on Virtex UltraScale+ FPGAs, see Virtex
UltraScale+ FPGA Data Sheet: DC and AC Switching Characteriscs (DS923).
Encryption Key Battery Backup Circuit
The XCVU37P device U1 implements bitstream encrypon key technology. The VCU128 board
provides the encrypon key backup baery circuit shown in the following gure.
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