Alveo Platforms

Alveo Data Center Accelerator Card Platforms User Guide (UG1120)

Document ID
UG1120
Release Date
2023-10-11
Revision
2.0.1 English

This section outlines the accelerator cards for data centers and the available target platforms. A target platform provides the firmware for the accelerator card running in a specific configuration. A target platform must be installed with Xilinx Runtime (XRT).

The following table lists the available target platforms per AMD Alveo™ Data Center accelerator card. For each platform, it details the release name, available features (see Platform Features), and tool support. There can be more than one target platform for a given card.

Table 1. Available Platforms
Card Release Name Features Tool Support
CT(2) P2P M2M HM DFX GT 2021.1 2021.2 2022.1 2022.2 2023.1
U50 U50 Gen3x16 XDMA base_5 Platform Yes Yes Yes 1RP Yes Yes Yes Yes
U50 Gen3x16 NoDMA base_1 Platform 1 Yes Yes Yes 1RP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
U50 Gen3x4 XDMA base_2 Platform 1 1RP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
U50LV U50LV Gen3x4 XDMA base_2 Platform 1 1RP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
U55C U55C Gen3x16 XDMA base_3 Platform Yes Yes Yes 1RP Yes Yes Yes Yes
U200 U200 Gen3x16 XDMA base_2 Platform Yes Yes Yes Yes 1RP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
U250 U250 Gen3x16 XDMA 4_1 Platform Yes Yes Yes Yes 2RP Yes Yes Yes Yes
U250 Gen3x16 XDMA 2_1 Platform Yes Yes Yes Yes 2RP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
U280 U280 Gen3x16 XDMA base_1 Platform Yes Yes Yes 1RP Yes Yes Yes Yes
  1. Does not have a fix for the warm boot issue described in Answer Record.
  2. CT is only available for tools 2023.1 and greater.