Revision History

Alveo Data Center Accelerator Card Platforms User Guide (UG1120)
Document ID
UG1120
Release Date
2023-10-11
Revision
2.0.1 English

The following table shows the revision history for this document.

Section Revision Summary
10/11/2023 Version 2.0.1
General updates Fixed broken links.
08/16/2023 Version 2.0
Platform Features Added card thermal and electrical protections column to Table 1.
Alveo Platforms Added clock throttling and clock shutdown feature to Table 1.
U50 Gen3x16 XDMA base_5 Platform
  • Added Table 3 to address thermal and electrical protection thresholds.
  • Added development platform name.
  • Removed Card Thermal and Electrical Protections topic.
  • Updated planned support through 2023.
U55C Gen3x16 XDMA base_3 Platform
  • Added Table 3 to address thermal and electrical protection thresholds.
  • Added development platform name.
  • Updated planned support through 2023.
U200 Gen3x16 XDMA base_2 Platform
  • Added Table 3 to address thermal and electrical protection thresholds.
  • Added development platform name.
  • Updated planned support through 2023.
U250 Gen3x16 XDMA 4_1 Platform
  • Added Table 3 to address thermal and electrical protection thresholds.
  • Added development platform name.
  • Updated planned support through 2023.
U250 Gen3x16 XDMA 2_1 Platform
  • Added Table 3 to address thermal and electrical protection thresholds.
  • Added development platform name.
  • Updated planned support through 2023.
U280 Gen3x16 XDMA base_1 Platform
  • Added Table 3 to address thermal and electrical protection thresholds.
  • Added development platform name.
  • Updated planned support through 2023.
08/26/2022 Version 1.9
Alveo Platforms Updated for the 2022.1 release.
U280 Gen3x16 XDMA base_1 Platform Updated for the 2022.1 release.
04/29/2022 Version 1.8
Alveo Platforms Updated with supported platforms.
Added new platforms
Removed deprecated platforms
  • U50 Gen3x16 XDMA 201920_3 Platform
  • U55C Gen3x16 XDMA 2_202110_1 Platform
  • U200 XDMA 201830_2 Platform
  • U200 Gen3x16 XDMA 1_202110_1 Platform
  • U250 XDMA 201830_2 Platform
  • U250 Gen3x16 XDMA 3_1 Platform

For more information, see this Answer Record.
Platform Naming Convention Prior to 2020.1 Removed topic because 2020.1 platforms and earlier have been deprecated.
Package Naming Convention 2020.1 Release and Later Renamed from Platform Naming Convention 2020.1 Release and Later.

Ubuntu 16.04 is no longer supported and is removed from OS version examples.
12/10/2021 Version 1.7
Alveo Platforms Updated information about available platforms.
Updated
  • U55C Gen3x16 XDMA base_2 Platform
All platforms Where present, added initial release SC firmware version and update SC firmware version.
Where present, updated URAM to UltraRAM.
10/29/2021 Version 1.6
Alveo Platforms Updated information about available platforms.
Added
  • U55C Gen3x16 XDMA base_2 Platform
07/30/2021 Version 1.5
Alveo Platforms Updated information about available platforms.
Added
All platforms Where present, changed Timestamp to Platform UUID and Interface UUID, which better correspond to values in XRT.
04/23/2021 Version 1.4
Alveo Platforms Updated available platforms.
Added
U250 Gen3x16 XDMA 2_1 Platform
Platform Features Slave-bridge (SB) feature renamed to host memory (HM).
Added
Gigabit Transceiver (GT)
Updated
Slave-bridge (SB) renamed to host memory (HM).
Alveo Platforms Under Tool Support, removed 2021.2 column.
Alveo PCIe Information Replaced content with link to Appendix A in the Alveo Card Out-of-Band Management Specification for Server BMC documentation, which provides the same information.
U250 Gen3x16 XDMA 3_1 Platform Added target card: A-U250-P64G-PQ-G
  Updated the descriptions for OS Version, removing as the opener to this block from the first sentence: Only present for Ubuntu packages (as the opener to this block).
01/13/2021 Version 1.3
Platform Features Two feature descriptions added: host memory transfers and dynamic function eXchange technology
Package Naming Convention Updated information for operating systems, where new packages will support all Ubuntu releases.
Alveo Platforms Updated available platforms.
Removed
  • U50 XDMA 201920_1 Platform
  • U50 XDMA 201910_1 Platform
  • U200 XDMA 201830_1 Platform
  • U250 XDMA 201830_1 Platform
  • U250 Gen3x16 XDMA 3_1 Platform
  • U280 XDMA 201920_2 Platform
  • U280 XDMA 201920_1 Platform
  • U280 XDMA 201910_1 Platform
Added
  • U250 Gen3x16 XDMA 3_1 Platform
Alveo PCIe Information New topic capturing PCIe information for Alveo U200, U250, U280, and U50 cards.
U50 Gen3x4 XDMA base_2 Platform Updated values.
U50 Gen3x16 XDMA 201920_3 Platform Updated values.
U200 XDMA 201830_2 Platform Updated values.
U250 XDMA 201830_2 Platform Updated values.
U250 Gen3x16 XDMA 3_1 Platform Added platform.
U280 XDMA 201920_3 Platform Updated card shutdown description with regard to the satellite controller.

Updated values.
6/26/2020 Version 1.2
Platform Naming and Life Cycle Updated section to delineate between the platform releases prior to 2020.1 and the 2020.1 release.
Alveo Platforms Updated release notes and target card information in each platform section.
U50 Gen3x4 XDMA base_2 Platform Added platform information.
U50LV Gen3x4 XDMA base_2 Platform Added platform information.
U50 Gen3x16 XDMA 201920_3 Platform Added Vitis tools 2020.1 support.
U200 XDMA 201830_2 Platform
U250 XDMA 201830_2 Platform
U280 XDMA 201920_3 Platform
4/22/2020 Version 1.1
Table 2 Changed the title from xilinx_u50_xdma_201920_2 to xilinx_u50_gen3x16_xdma_201920_3.
Table 3 Changed the platform name in Note from xilinx_u50_xdma_201920_2 to xilinx_u50_gen3x16_xdma_201920_3.
Table 4 Changed the download links.
U50 XDMA 201920_1 Platform Changed heading title from U50 XDMA 201920_2 Platform to U50 XDMA 201920_1 Platform.
U50 XDMA 201910_1 Platform Changed heading title from U50 XDMA 201920_1 Platform to U50 XDMA 201910_1 Platform.
3/10/2020 Version 1.0.1
General Updated links throughout document.
2/29/2020 Version 1.0
Initial release. The Available Platforms section removed from the Vitis Unified Software Platform Documentation: Application Acceleration Development (UG1393).

Added the xilinx_u50_gen3x16_xdma_201920_3 and xilinx_u280_xdma_201920_3 platforms.