Bittware IA-440I

  • Card information:
    • Vendor: Bittware

    • Name: IA-440I

    • Ethernet ports: 1x QSFP-DD

    • PCIe conectors: Edge connector

    • FPGA Card Website

  • FPGA specification:
    • FPGA part number: AGIB023R18A1E1V, AGIB023R18A1E1VC

    • Ethernet Hard IP: F-Tile (up to 400G Ethernet)

    • PCIe Hard IP: R-Tile (up to PCIe Gen5 x16)

NDK firmware support

  • Ethernet cores that are supported in the NDK firmware:
  • PCIe cores that are supported in the NDK firmware:
    • R-Tile in the PCIe Module

    • See the <NDK-FPGA_root_directory>/cards/bittware/ia-440i/config/card_conf.tcl file for supported PCIe configurations.

  • Makefile targets for building the NDK firmware (valid for NDK-APP-Minimal, may vary for other apps):
    • Use make 400g1 command for firmware with 1x400GE (default).

  • Support for booting the NDK firmware using the nfb-boot tool:
    • YES, starting with the nfb-framework version 6.26.0.

Note

To build the NDK firmware for this card, you must have the Intel Quartus Prime Pro installed, including a valid license.

Detailed boot information can be found in the Common readme for BittWare cards with BMC 3.x

Board Variants

  • BOARD_VARIANT=1 - The board uses FPGA part number AGIB023R18A1E1VC (C0 F-Tile).

  • BOARD_VARIANT=0 - The board uses FPGA part number AGIB023R18A1E1V.