Intel® FPGA SmartNIC
Intel FPGA SmartNICs are network adapter cards with hardware programmable accelerators and Ethernet connectivity that can accelerate infrastructure applications running on the host CPU.
Intel® FPGA SmartNIC
Accelerate Data from Edge to Cloud
Intel® FPGA-based acceleration solutions make it possible to move, process, and store data faster and more efficiently. With hardware programmability on production-qualified platforms, solution providers can quickly design and deploy new offerings. Reprogrammable Intel® FPGAs also provide the flexibility needed in a rapidly changing environment—ensuring assets are deployed efficiently and cost-effectively.
Platforms | Features | Target Acceleration Workloads | Related Documents |
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Demo Video: Accelerated Virtual Cell Site Router (vCSR) › Solution brief: Intel’s Accelerated vCSR Solution with ORAN-Compliant Precision Timing › |
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Solution brief: Intel SmartNICs Boost Broadband Performance › |
Platform Selector Guide
Features | Intel® FPGA SmartNIC N6000-PL Platform | Silicom FPGA SmartNIC N5013/N5014 |
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Platform Category | ||
Target Market | SmartNIC for Comms | SmartNIC for Comms |
Type | FPGA SmartNIC Platform | FPGA SmartNIC |
FPGA Resources | ||
FPGA | Intel Agilex® 7 SoC FPGA F-Series Silicom and WNC: AGF014 Artiza: AGF027 |
Intel® Stratix® 10 DX |
Logic Elements | Silicom and WNC: 1,437K Artiza: 2,693K |
2,100K |
On-Chip Memory | Silicom and WNC: 190Mb Artiza: 287Mb |
239.5 Mb |
DSP Blocks | Silicom and WNC: 4,510 Artiza: 8,528 |
7,920 |
Processor | ||
Type | Quad-core 64-bit Arm Cortex-A53 Processor |
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Memory | ||
DDR4 | 16GB for FPGA, 1GB for Processor |
32 GB |
SRAM | - | 144 Mb QDR IV |
HBM | - | 8 GB |
Flash | 2 GB |
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Interfaces and Modules | ||
PCI Express | 4.0 x8 to FPGA & 4.0 x8 to Ethernet controller (N6000) 4.0 x16 to FPGA (N6001) |
4.0 x16 |
QSFP Interface | x2 | x4 |
Network Interface | 2 x 100 Gbps |
4 x 100 Gbps |
Intel Ethernet Controller E810-CAM2 (N6000) | Dual Intel Ethernet Controller E810-CAM1 (N5014) | |
Intel® MAX® 10 FPGA Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) | Yes | Yes |
Mechanical, Thermal, and Power | ||
Form Factor | Silicom and WNC: ½ length, full height Artiza: ¾ length, full height |
¾ length, full height |
Width | Single slot |
Dual slot |
Maximum Power Consumption (TDP) *TDP not relevant to deployment power. TDP only used for server thermal design |
Silicom and WNC: 125W Artiza: 185W |
225 W |
Tools Support | ||
Open FPGA Stack (OFS) | Yes | Yes |
Intel® Quartus® Prime Software | Yes | Yes |
Intel oneAPI Toolkits | Yes | - |
Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) | Yes | Yes |
How to Buy | ||
Contact | Silicom | Silicom |
WNC | ||
Artiza Networks |
Open FPGA Stack drives Scalability and Standardization in the Open Source FPGA Community
OFS is a hardware and software infrastructure that addresses the challenges associated with designing custom FPGA-based platforms and workloads. OFS supports Intel, custom, and 3rd party FPGA based platforms. Developers can visit our open-source OFS Repository on GitHub.
Learn more about Open FPGA Stack (OFS)