The VCU129 board incorporates the Virtex® UltraScale+™ 58G PAM4 VU29P FPGA that integrates PAM4 transceivers to enable next-generation networking platforms. The VCU129 evaluation kit demonstrates Xilinx’s SerDes technology leadership and takes advantage of the cost-effective thermal design of Xilinx’s lidless packaging methodology. VCU129 features multiple common high-speed interconnects, on-board memories, and PCIe® Gen 3 interface. The VCU129 evaluation kit is built for designing a broad range of connectivity with high processing capability for 5G infrastructure, data centre, and test & measurement applications.
Key Features
Multiple 56G interfaces including SFP56, OSFP, QSFPDD, BullsEye Gen2, and SMK
Multiple 28G interfaces including SFP28 and QSFP28
288MB RLDRAM3 memory and 16GB DDR4 DIMM
PCIe® Gen3 x8
10/100/1000Mb/s Ethernet
Full utilization of all GTM transceivers in 56G mode with FEC
Superior cooling requirement with low power consumption