Versal HBM Series VHK158 Evaluation Kit

by: AMD

The VHK158 evaluation kit, equipped with the AMD Versal™ HBM VH1582 adaptive SoC, offers convergence of memory, compute, and connectivity with 32G HBM and 112G PAM4 transceivers.

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Overview

Product Description

The VHK158 evaluation kit is an evaluation platform for the Versal™ HBM series VH1582 device designed to keep up with the higher memory needs of compute intensive, memory bound applications, providing adaptable acceleration for data center, wired networking, test & measurement, and aerospace & defense applications. The VHK158 board’s primary focus is to enable demonstration and evaluation of the VH1582 silicon and support customer application development


Target Applications

Data Center

  • Machine Learning Acceleration ​
  • Compute Pre-Processing and Buffering ​
  • Database Acceleration and Analytics

Wired Networking

  • Network Security Acceleration ​
  • Search and Look-Up System
  • 800G Switch / Router

Test & Measurement

  • Network Testers
  • Packet Capturing System
  • Data Capturing System

Aerospace & Defense

  • Radar
  • Data & Signal Processing System
  • Secure Communication System

Key Features and Benefits

  • 32G HBM memory
  • 112G PAM4 transceivers
  • QSFP28 and QSFP-DD connectors for optical communication
  • PCIe® Gen5x8 and Gen3/4 x16 support
  • 32 GB (2x 16 GB), 72-bit DDR4 DIMM
  • FMC+ connector with 8 GTYPs and 68 user-defined signals
  • System Controller with BEAM (web-based GUI user interface application)

Featured AMD Devices

Featuring the Versal HBM XCVH1582-2MSEVSVA3697 Adaptive SoC

DSP Engines 7,392
System Logic Cells (K) 3,837
LUTs 1,753,984
HBM DRAM 32 GB
HBM Bandwidth 819.2 GB/s
Application Processing Unit Dual-core Arm® Cortex®-A72
Real-Time Processing Unit Dual-core Arm Cortex-R5F
GTYP Transceivers (32.75 Gb/s) 681
GTM Transceivers (56G (112G)) 20 (10)
CCIX & PCIe® w/DMA (CPM5) 2 x Gen5x8, CCIX
PCI Express  (PLPCIE5) 8 x Gen5x4
100G Multirate Ethernet MAC 4
600G Ethernet MAC 1
400G High-Speed Crypto Engine 2

1.  16 GTYP transceivers are dedicated to CPM5 for PCI Express use.

VHK158 chip

Product Information

Specifications

Board Features

Featuring the Versal™ HBM XCVH1582-2MSEVSVA3697 Adaptive SoC

VHK158 board
Board Specifications Value
Height 8.649 inches (24.651 cm)
Length 9.705 inches (21.961 cm)
Thickness 65.56 mil ±8% (1.6652 mm ±8%)
PCIe® Slots PCIe Gen5 x8, Gen3/4 x16
Operating Environmental Temperature 0C to +45C
Storage Environmental Temperature -25C to +60C
Configuration
JTAG  Yes
OSPI Yes
MicroSD Yes
Memory
DDR4 DIMM 32 GB (2x 16 GB), 72-bit @ 3200 Mb/s
MicroSD Socket (Versal device) Yes
Control I/O
User Pushbuttons 2
DIP Switches 4
User LEDs 4
SYSMON Yes
System Controller Yes
PMBUS Yes
Expansion Connectors
VITA 57.4 FMC+ 8 GTYPs, 68 user-defined signals
Communications & Networking
USB JTAG 1
USB C 1
RJ-45 Tri-Speed Ethernet Connectors
QSFP28 4
QSFP-DD 2
Clocking
Programmable DDR4 Clocks 2
PCIe Reference Clock 1
Programmable GT Clocks 12
Programmable HBM Clocks  2
Programmable 1588 eCPRI (SMA Connector) 6
Programmable System Controller 1
Power
180W (12V) Power Supply Yes
Power-on Reset Yes
What’s Inside

What's Inside the Box

Featuring the Versal™ HBM XCVH1582-2MSEVSVA3697 Adaptive SoC

What's inside the box

Resources

Documentation

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Tools

Design Tools

  • Vivado™ Design Suite: The EDA tool suite to create projects for the VHK158 board. Node-locked and device-locked to the Versal™ HBM XCVP1582 device, with one year of updates.
  • Vitis™ Unified Software Platform: The full suite of tools for developing embedded software, debugging Versal devices, and running targeted reference designs and example designs.

PetaLinux Tools, Board Support Packages, and Pre-Built Images

Getting Started

Get Started with VHK158

To jump-start development with the VHK158, visit the Wiki page.

  • Prep work
  • Board setup
  • Run the PetaLinux BSP pre-built image
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Training & Support