FPGA NIC – Quad port SFP+ card supporting 4x1GE/10GE, PCIe Gen3 x8 lanes, optional SATA connectors
The FB4XG@7 series 10Gigabit FPGA NIC is a high performance OEM hardware platform for 10 Gigabit Ethernet with a quad port SFP+ network interface. The standard configuration is based on the AMD® Virtex7 VX690T FPGA.
The card is also offered with a variety of different FPGAs to provide flexibility for the intended application.
HOST INTERFACE
Physical bus connector: 8-lane PCIe
PCIe bus type: 1-8 lane PCIe Gen1/Gen2/Gen3
NETWORK INTERFACE
IEEE standard: IEEE 802.3 10 Gbit/s Ethernet
Physical interface: 4 x SFP+ ports
Supported SFP+ modules: Multimode SR (850 nm), singlemode LR (1310 nm), multimode LRM (1310 nm), singlemode ER (1550 nm) or Direct Attached Copper (Twinax)
Data rate: 4 x 10 Gbit/s
Ethernet PHY directly embedded in FPGA for full packet control
CONFIGURATION
16 bit fast parallel programming interface from supporting preprogrammed controller
Configuration flash supports two boot images with automatic fallback to fail safe image if first image fails
Support for encrypted FPGA bit file (optional)
Upload of FPGA configuration to flash via PCIe
ON-BOARD CLOCK
PCIe clock: 100MHz
125 MHz oscillator
156.25 MHz oscillator
150 MHz oscillator for SATA (optional)
ON-BOARD MEMORY
2 x 64 bit DDR3@1600MT/s 4GB (total 8GB memory)
1 MB user configurable space in flash for permanent storage
1 x 36 bit QDRII+@2200MT/s 144 Mb / 288 Mb / 576 Mb (optional)
FPGA
fB4XG@V7690: AMD® Virtex7 XC7VX690T-2
fB4XG@V7693: AMD® Virtex7 XC7VX690T-3
fB4XG@V7330: AMD® Virtex7 XC7VX330T-2
AMD® Virtex7 XC7VX415T (optional)
ENVIRONMENT
Physical dimensions: half length, standard height PCIe
Power consumption: less than 6W with uninitialized FPGA
Operating temperature: 0 – 55°C, 30 – 130°F
Operating humidity: 20 – 80%
Hardware compliance: RoHS, CE
Passive cooling (no on-board fan required)
Active cooling (optional)
ADDITIONAL BOARD SUPPORT
On board temperature sensor
Board status LED
2 user configurable dual color LED
FPGA controlled Link and Activity LED for each port
PPS clock synchronization connector
2 x SATA connector (optional)
OPTIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SUPPORT
Flash configuration I/F
8 lane PCIe
DDR3 Memory controller
QDRII+ Memory controller
Fast Ethernet MAC (optional)
MDIO controller (optional)
I2C controller (optional)
SPI master I/F (optional)
TCP-offload engine (optional)
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