Alpha Data Announces Xilinx Versal ACAP Accelerator Board

GOLDEN, Colo. and EDINBURGH, Scotland, Nov. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Alpha Data, the leading supplier of Commercial Off-the Shelf FPGA solutions announces the release of the ADM-PA100, the first deployable adaptive computing acceleration platform (ACAP)-based Data Processing Unit suitable for PCIe deployment. It offers fully customizable IO, available to meet customer requirements in a range of markets including Data Center, Machine Learning, HPC, Scientific Instrumentation, and Test and Measurement.

The ADM-PA100 is based around the ground-breaking Versal AI Core series, which includes an array of Xilinx AI Engines (dedicated VLIW processors, capable of Vector Math Processing at compute densities 5x higher than programmable logic), closely coupled with Programmable Logic allowing highly efficient implementation of custom coprocessing operations in this data flow.

The Xilinx Versal series of devices also feature an on-chip Programmable NoC (vastly improving the on-chip Programmable Logic routing in large designs), dedicated hardened IP for Multi-Rate 100G Ethernet, hardened PCIe Gen4 endpoints with DMA outside the Programmable Logic, hardened DDR4 memory controllers, built in ARM A72 and R5F CPUs, and programmable logic and DSP performance a generation on from UltraScale+ devices.

"The hardware adaptability and heterogeneous architecture of Versal AI Core ACAPs are a key advantage over traditional accelerators that typically focus on a subset of applications. This enables the creation of multiple Domain Specific Architectures targeted to specific workloads," said Manuel Uhm, director of Silicon Marketing at Xilinx, Inc. "We're delighted that Alpha Data has chosen Versal AI Core series for its ADM-PA100 board to accelerate a breadth of workloads in cloud, networking, and edge markets."

The ADM-PA100 makes this programmable power available on a platform that can be deployed in PCIe format as a co-processor in an x86 CPU server system, or stand-alone using the ARM A72 for all the general-purpose processing requirements.

IO flexibility is one key advantage of ACAP and FPGA over other classes of devices, allowing data to be processed directly with minimal latency and maximum bandwidth.  The ADM-PA100 supports this IO flexibility with a front facing FMC+ socket supporting 24 Gigabit transceiver lanes and a full FMC HPC interface with 160 GPIO, which can interface with a very wide range of FMC IO adapters.

The ADM-PA100 comes with support for Xilinx Vivado and Vitis tool chains to enable customers the maximum flexibility in developing their deployable solutions. 

For More Details

Further product details and ordering options for Alpha Data's FPGA accelerator cards please visit. www.alpha-data.com/pa100

About Alpha Data

Established in 1993, Alpha Data is a world leader in high performance Xilinx FPGA based plug-in acceleration boards for Data Center and high-performance computing applications including video processing, machine learning, and network acceleration. Alpha Data's low-cost, power-efficient accelerators leverage Xilinx's ACAPs, All Programmable FPGAs and the Vitis tool chain to accelerate processing, increase data throughput, and deliver power optimized solutions for computing clusters.  Designed to be server-friendly for large scale data center deployment, Alpha Data's high-reliability hardware platforms are ideal for development as well as full-scale production deployment. 

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