▶ Overview

Next-Generation Platform for Accelerated Computing

The Terasic Mercury A2700 accelerator card leverages the Intel industry’s highest performance Agilex® I-Series FPGA with 2700K logic elements to address the most compute and bandwidth-demanding applications in the data center, in the cloud, and in embedded devices.

As the first Terasic accelerator that provides PCIe 5.0 x16 and Compute Express Link (CXL) support, the Mercury A2700 accelerator card enables 2X higher bandwidth compared with PCIe 4.0 interface for higher data throughput, as well as high-speed, low-latency, and efficient performance between CPU and FPGA.

In addition, armed with two QSFP-DD connectors, and four DDR4 SO-DIMM sockets, the Mercury A2700 accelerator card accelerates every workload across the data center and edge in computer vision, high performance computing, and other compute-intensive applications.

▶ Specifications

System

• FPGA:
  • AGIB027R29A1E2VB ( Support CXL )
• Board Size: PCIe Full Height and 3/4 Length
• FPGA Configuration
  • Onboard USB-Blaster II
  • AVSTx8 Configure with 2Gbit QSPI Flash.
  • ASx4 Configure with 1Gbit QSPI Flash.
• Board Management System
  • Power Monitor
  • Temperature Monitor
  • Auto fan Control

FPGA side

• PCIe Gen5 x16 and CXL x16 (*1)
• Four DDR4 SO-DIMM Socket, shared with HPS.
• Two QSFP-DD Port for 400 (*2) 200/100/40/25/10 GbE network interface.
• Two MCIO 8x connectors to support PCIe and CXL (*1)
• 2x5 Timing Expansion Header
• U.FL clock input / output
• 1x5 Bracket LED Expansion Header
• User LED x4, Button x2, DIP Switch x2

• 1: CXL feature only available for AGILEX AGIB027R29A1E2VB (transceiver speed -1)
• 2: Only QSFP-DD B port can support

HPS side

• MicroSD Socket
• One: DDR4 SO-DIMM Socket shared with FPGA
• Gigabit Ethernet PHY with RJ45 Port
• UART to USB Port
• USB OTG with MicroUSB Connector
• LED x1, Button x1, Cold Reset Button

Software Support

• FPGA Example Code
• Linux BSP
• OneAPI BSP (coming soon)

Block Diagram

▶ Layout

▶ Layout

▶ Resources

Documents

CD-ROM

Linux BSP (Board Support Package): MicroSD Card Image

Please note that all the source codes are provided "as-is". For further support or modification, please contact Terasic Support and your request will be transferred to Terasic Design Service.

More resources about IP and Dev. Kit are available on Intel User Forums. 

▶ Kit Contents

1. Mercury A2700 Accelerator Card
2. DDR4 ECC SO-DIMM Module x4 (Installed)
3. PCle Bracket (Installed)
4. MicroSD Card (Installed) + Card Reader
5. Screw & Copper Pillar Package
6. Air Cooler (Installed)
7. Power Supply
8. AC Power Cord
9. USB to Micro USB Cable
10. Quick Start Guide