AMD’s evaluation kit is the most efficient path to application design using the Versal architecture

The AMD Versal prime series VMK180 evaluation board features the VM1802 device, which combines both a software-programmable silicon infrastructure with world-class computing engines and a breadth of connectivity options to accelerate diverse workloads in a wide range of markets. The flexibility of the VMK180 kit makes the board applicable for broad ranges of applications such as data center network and storage acceleration, SmartNIC, 5G xHaul, Nx100G Ethernet, OTN networking, and communications test equipment.

Features

• Equipped with Versal ACAP VM1802 production silicon
• Accelerate hardware/software differentiation with pre-built systems infrastructure including integrated shell and programmable NoC
• Pre-optimized reference designs for rapid prototyping
• PCIe® Gen4 interface for high computation performance markets
• HDMI for video processing applications
• SFP28 and QSFP28 optical interfaces and RJ-45 Ethernet port for networking
• DDR4 and LPDDR4 memory interfaces
• FMC expansion connectors supporting a variety of optional plug-in cards including camera sensors and displays
• Vivado® ML, Vitis™ unified software platform

• SmartLynq+ module for high-speed debug, performance analysis, and event trace