Speedster Development Kit SDK60

PRODUCT BRIEF
The Speedster Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs)
from Achronix are the worlds fastest programmable logic
devices, with up to 1.5 GHz fabric performance suitable
for a wide range of uses in networking, telecommunica-
tions, video, digital signal processing, high-performance
computing, imaging, industrial and military applications.
The Speedster Development Kit for the SPD60 (SDK60)
offers practical implementations of Speedster performance
and IP on a development board so you can quickly begin
the evaluation and design process. With SDK60, you can
exercise the full performance of the device, run prepared
demos provided with the kit, confgure the device with a
new design, and debug that design on a common platform.
Development tools are provided, along with a collection of
standard reference designs.
SDK60 BOARD HIGHLIGHTS
FPGA Device: Achronix SPD60 FBGA1892
1.5 GHz performance
28 lanes SerDes (up to 10.3 Gbps each) more than
3.3 Mb embedded RAM
Four embedded DDR2/DDR3 controllers
Off-chip Memory
DDR2
DDR3
RLDRAM
QDRII+
SerDes-based Interfaces
Direct SerDes access (SMA connectors)
x8 PCI Express socket connector
x1 PCI Express socket connector
10 Gigabit Ethernet (XAUI module)
Gigabit Ethernet (SGMII and RGMII)
SFF Optical Port (OC48)
Other high-speed data interfaces
Three 96-pin high-speed extension headers for
daughter cards such as video (HDMI/DVI) and
signal processing (ADC/DAC).
AMC and PMC extensions
AMC connector (for off-the-shelf AMC cards)
PMC connector (for off-the-shelf PMC cards)
Other headers (Extension)
Mictor 32-pin header, and three 6-pin headers
Control and status
DIP and push-button switches
LEDs
Clocks
On-board crystals and oscillators
Connectors for external clock signals
Clock generators (to derive clocks from
fundamental frequencies).
Device confguration (three options)
JTAG
SPI Flash
CPU
SPD60 Development Board
Power
SPD60
1 V 1.5 V 2.5 V
1.2 V 1.8 V 3.3 V
Clocks
AMC Expansion
(reverse side)
PMC Expansion
Extensions
JTAG
Hi-Speed Extension
Hi-Speed Extension
Hi-Speed Extension
Confg
Flash
LEDs
Push Switches
DIP Switches
X2 (XAUI)
SFF Optical
GigE
GigE
Hi-Speed Memories
DDR2 Module
Direct SerDes
Access
All fundamental high-performance Speedster features
are available including logic, RAMs, multipliers, SerDes,
programmable I/Os and Achronixs patented picoPIPE
acceleration technology with a rich selection of on-board
memories and data interfaces. The board can operate stand-
alone or as a PCI Express plug-in card.
Substantial memory is provided on the SDK60 in a variety
of ways. The SPD60 FPGA device contains both large
(18 Kb) and small (128 bit) embedded RAMs more than
3.3 Mb total. In addition, four types of external memory are
provided: a DDR2 module (128M 72), DDR3 (128M 8),
QDRII+ (4M 18), and RLDRAM (16M 18). This richness
of memory resources serves not only as ample local storage
for user applications, but also to demonstrate the variety of
interfaces that Speedster devices support.
A number of dedicated datapath interfaces are provided.
These include two Gigabit Ethernet ports, two 10 Gbps
optical ports (an X2 module and a SFF module), and two PCI
Express connectors (x1 socket and x8 socket). In addition
to these dedicated interfaces, a generous set of expansion
ports can be used to implement a broad range of interfaces
and ports. Three high-speed extension headers (96 pins
each) can be used as single-ended or differential busses to
daughter-cards for various signal-processing, video, telecom,
and storage interfaces. PMC and AMC connectors enable the
use of off-the-shelf daughter cards for similar purposes. (The
SerDes-based AMC extension is especially useful for high-
performance interfaces.) Finally, direct access to SerDes is
provided by a set of SMA connectors. This direct access can
be used either for additional high-speed expansion ports or
for signal-integrity testing (across a backplane, for example).
An ample supply of smaller headers, DIP switches, push-button
switches, and LEDs are available for low-level control and status.
Multiple clock signals are required in order to provide timing for
the various interfaces (memory and datapath) used in a typical
application. On-board crystals and oscillators, supplemented
by connectors for injection of external clocks, are the frst
layer of the clock generation capability. Flexible mapping and
synthesis circuits both on-board and on-chip distribute
these clock sources to the user circuits that need them.
Three mechanisms for device confguration are provided.
The SPD60 JTAG port is the most basic access point for
confguration. A fash memory, which can be programmed in
place and can then source a confguration bitstream to the
SPD60, is also provided. Finally, a header with an 8-bit parallel
path enables faster confguration from an external CPU.
Reference Designs
A set of reference designs is provided as part of the SDK.
Each reference design features and demonstrates a specifc
aspect of the device capability SerDes, embedded RAM,
multipliers, and full-rate (1.5 GHz) fabric performance.
The reference designs also refect a range of application
categories networking, video, signal processing, high-
performance computing, and instrumentation all of which
signifcantly beneft from the performance offered by Achronix
picoPIPE acceleration technology. A clean, intuitive Windows-
based user interface is provided for these reference designs.
Summary
The SDK60 puts the full power of the Speedster archi-
tecture in your hands. Real high-performance functionality
exercising logic, multipliers, memory, and SerDes is
available immediately upon opening the shipping box. With
SDK60 you can quickly experience the unprecedented perfor-
mance of Speedster and immediately begin the evaluation
and design process.
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x1 PCIe Socket
x8 PCIe Socket
SMA 5G
SMA 10G
XAUI X2
OC48 SFF Optical
SGMII (to Cu GigE)
AMC B Connector
RGMII (to CuGe)
PMC Slot (PCI-64)
Hi-Speed Extension
Daughter Card Examples
- Video in & out
- ADC & DAC
- Multiple Ethernet ports
- etc.
H-S Ext. II
H-S Ext. III
JTAG
Confg. Flash
Clocks
Headers
(Lo-Speed Extension)
Push switches
DIP switches
DDR3
QDRII+
DDR2-72

Development Board Interfaces
SPD60
LEGEND
5G SerDes
10.3G SerDes
Programmable I/Os