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ThinkSystem AMD Alveo V70 Datacenter Accelerator Adapter

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Abstract

The ThinkSystem AMD Alveo V70 Datacenter Accelerator Adapter is an energy-efficient AI inference card designed for video analytics and natural language processing (NLP) workloads and offers industry standard framework support, directly compiling models trained in TensorFlow and PyTorch. It offers AI Engines that provide a tightly integrated heterogeneous compute platform for NLP and Convolutional and Recurrent Neural Networks (CNN/RNN) acceleration, targeting cloud and edge applications.

This product guide provides essential presales information to understand the Alveo V70 accelerator and its key features, specifications, and compatibility. This guide is intended for technical specialists, sales specialists, sales engineers, IT architects, and other IT professionals who want to learn more about the Alveo V70 accelerator and consider its use in IT solutions.

Change History

Changes in the November 3, 2023 update:

Introduction

The ThinkSystem AMD Alveo V70 Datacenter Accelerator Adapter is an energy-efficient AI inference card designed for video analytics and natural language processing (NLP) workloads and offers industry standard framework support, directly compiling models trained in TensorFlow and PyTorch. It offers AI Engines that provide a tightly integrated heterogeneous compute platform for NLP and Convolutional and Recurrent Neural Networks (CNN/RNN) acceleration, targeting cloud and edge applications.

The following figure shows the ThinkSystem AMD Alveo V70 Datacenter Accelerator Adapter.

ThinkSystem AMD Alveo V70 Datacenter Accelerator Adapter
Figure 1. ThinkSystem AMD Alveo V70 Datacenter Accelerator Adapter

Did you know?

The Alveo V70 accelerator is well suited for edge applications. With a 75W power envelope, the V70 is an efficient accelerator that helps reduce cost per AI channel and provides high channel density for video applications.

Part number information

The following table shows the part numbers for the Alveo V70 accelerator.

Table 1. Ordering information
Part number Feature code Description
4X67A86560 BVVC ThinkSystem AMD Alveo V70 Datacenter Accelerator Adapter

The option part number includes the following:

  • One Alveo V70 accelerator
  • full-height (3U) adapter bracket attached
  • Low-profile (2U) adapter bracket
  • Documentation

Use cases

The Alveo V70 accelerator is suitable for the following AI Inference use cases:

  • Video Content Analysis
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Smart City / Smart Retail

Technical specifications

The following table lists the processing specifications and performance of the Alveo V70 accelerator.

Table 2. Specifications
Feature Specification
Architecture AMD XDNA – Versal AI Core
AI engine 2nd Gen AIE-ML tiles
Peak INT8 integer performance 404 TOPS*
Peak BF16 floating point performance 202 TOPS*
Memory bandwidth 47.6 TB/s for internal memory
76.8 GB/s for external DDR
High-density video decoder 96 channels of 1920x1080p (10 frames per second using H.264/H.265)
Host interface PCIe Gen5 x8
Form Factor Half Height, Half Length
Cooling Passive
Power (TDP) 75 W

* with 50% weight sparsity

Server support

The following tables list the ThinkSystem servers that are compatible.

Table 3. Server support (Part 1 of 4)
Part Number Description 2S AMD V3 2S Intel V3 4S 8S Intel V3 Multi Node GPU Rich 1S V3
SR635 V3 (7D9H / 7D9G)
SR655 V3 (7D9F / 7D9E)
SR645 V3 (7D9D / 7D9C)
SR665 V3 (7D9B / 7D9A)
ST650 V3 (7D7B / 7D7A)
SR630 V3 (7D72 / 7D73)
SR650 V3 (7D75 / 7D76)
SR850 V3 (7D97 / 7D96)
SR860 V3 (7D94 / 7D93)
SR950 V3 (7DC5 / 7DC4)
SD535 V3 (7DD8 / 7DD1)
SD530 V3 (7DDA / 7DD3)
SD550 V3 (7DD9 / 7DD2)
SR670 V2 (7Z22 / 7Z23)
SR675 V3 (7D9Q / 7D9R)
SR680a V3 (7DHE)
SR685a V3 (7DHC)
ST250 V3 (7DCF / 7DCE)
SR250 V3 (7DCM / 7DCL)
4X67A86560 ThinkSystem AMD Alveo V70 Datacenter Accelerator Adapter N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N
Table 4. Server support (Part 2 of 4)
Part Number Description Edge Super Computing 1S Intel V2 2S Intel V2
SE350 (7Z46 / 7D1X)
SE350 V2 (7DA9)
SE360 V2 (7DAM)
SE450 (7D8T)
SE455 V3 (7DBY)
SD665 V3 (7D9P)
SD665-N V3 (7DAZ)
SD650 V3 (7D7M)
SD650-I V3 (7D7L)
SD650-N V3 (7D7N)
ST50 V2 (7D8K / 7D8J)
ST250 V2 (7D8G / 7D8F)
SR250 V2 (7D7R / 7D7Q)
ST650 V2 (7Z75 / 7Z74)
SR630 V2 (7Z70 / 7Z71)
SR650 V2 (7Z72 / 7Z73)
4X67A86560 ThinkSystem AMD Alveo V70 Datacenter Accelerator Adapter N N N N 6 N N N N N N N N N N N
Table 5. Server support (Part 3 of 4)
Part Number Description AMD V1 Dense V2 4S V2 8S 4S V1 1S Intel V1
SR635 (7Y98 / 7Y99)
SR655 (7Y00 / 7Z01)
SR655 Client OS
SR645 (7D2Y / 7D2X)
SR665 (7D2W / 7D2V)
SD630 V2 (7D1K)
SD650 V2 (7D1M)
SD650-N V2 (7D1N)
SN550 V2 (7Z69)
SR850 V2 (7D31 / 7D32)
SR860 V2 (7Z59 / 7Z60)
SR950 (7X11 / 7X12)
SR850 (7X18 / 7X19)
SR850P (7D2F / 2D2G)
SR860 (7X69 / 7X70)
ST50 (7Y48 / 7Y50)
ST250 (7Y45 / 7Y46)
SR150 (7Y54)
SR250 (7Y52 / 7Y51)
4X67A86560 ThinkSystem AMD Alveo V70 Datacenter Accelerator Adapter N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N
Table 6. Server support (Part 4 of 4)
Part Number Description 2S Intel V1 Dense V1
ST550 (7X09 / 7X10)
SR530 (7X07 / 7X08)
SR550 (7X03 / 7X04)
SR570 (7Y02 / 7Y03)
SR590 (7X98 / 7X99)
SR630 (7X01 / 7X02)
SR650 (7X05 / 7X06)
SR670 (7Y36 / 7Y37)
SD530 (7X21)
SD650 (7X58)
SN550 (7X16)
SN850 (7X15)
4X67A86560 ThinkSystem AMD Alveo V70 Datacenter Accelerator Adapter N N N N N N N N N N N N

Operating system support

The following table lists the supported operating systems.

Tip: These tables are automatically generated based on data from Lenovo ServerProven.

Table 7. Operating system support for ThinkSystem AMD Alveo V70 Datacenter Accelerator Adapter, 4X67A86560
Operating systems
SE455 V3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Y
Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS Y

Software

AMD Vitis™ AI provides a comprehensive AI inference development platform for AMD adaptive SoCs and Alveo™ data center accelerators providing standard framework support, directly compiling models trained in TensorFlow and PyTorch . Vitis AI plugs into common software developer tools and utilizes a rich set of optimized open-source libraries to empower software developers with machine learning acceleration as part of their software code.

Programming model
Figure 2. Programming model

For more information see the AMD Vitis Unified Software Platform page:
https://www.xilinx.com/products/design-tools/vitis/vitis-platform.html

Auxiliary power cables

The Alveo V70 accelerator does not require an auxiliary power cable.

Regulatory approvals

The Alveo V70 accelerator has the following regulatory approvals:

  • RCM
  • BSMI
  • CE
  • FCC
  • ICES
  • KCC
  • cUL, UL
  • VCCI

Operating environment

The Alveo V70 accelerator has the following operating characteristics:

  • Ambient temperature
    • Operational: 0°C to 50°C
    • Non-operational: -40°C to 75°C
  • Humidity: 5-85% relative humidity

Warranty

One year limited warranty. When installed in a Lenovo server, the adapter assumes the server’s base warranty and any warranty upgrades.

Related product families

Product families related to this document are the following:

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