Stackable, Multi-FPGA Solution

The Polaris Multi-FPGA Prototyping board solution can accommodate up to 30M gate designs on a single board. The board can be used stand alone as an high-performance prototyping Appliance or in any host that has a PCI Express x8 slot via a PCI Express extender.

Configuration

The Polaris Multi-FPGA board S4-Logic-V28S has a nominal design capacity to accommodate up to 30 Million, 2-input NAND gate equivalent ASIC/SOC designs.

System Block Diagram

S4 Logic - System Block Diagram

System Resources

The IRIS Logic board provides 5 HSMC connectors that can be configured as single ended, SERDES or LVDS pairs as per Altera HSMC specification. The Logic board offers the following resources:

  • 3 single ended global clocks (2 inputs, 1 on board oscillator)
  • 2 single ended global clock outputs (can be driven from FPGA or forwarded clocks)
  • 5 HSMC connectors – 4 type II connectors with 50, 1.65 Gbps LVDS pairs or 114 single-ended; and 1 type III universal (SERDES + LVDS), 124Gbps connectors
  • 2 Differential clock outputs, 2 differential clock inputs per HSMC
  • 1 Single ended clock input and 1 single ended clock output per HSMC
  • 1 reset input per system
  • 2 single port, synchronous 32Mb SRAM
  • 8GB of DDR3
  • The boards are stackable to expand capacity

The following is included in the Logic board purchase:

  • One year Time-based-license (TBL) of Altera Quartus II Fixed node, subscription edition (includes IP Base Suite and DSP Builder)
  • USB Blaster Cable

The Logic board can be factory pre-configured with required daughter cards (Video, RF, I/O, Memory, USB, 10GigE, 10G FC, OC192, etc.) as a development kit. Please contact sales for details.

All Polaris products come with a 90-day product support and warranty. All Polaris products are protected by design and utility patents pending and issued.