BittWare Launches IA-840F with Intel® Agilex™ FPGA and Support for oneAPI™ Unified Software Programming Environment

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BittWare, a Molex company, announced the launch of the IA-840F, the first Intel Agilex-based FPGA card aimed at enhancing data center, networking, and edge computing workloads. The IA-840F offers up to 40% higher performance or lower power based on application needs. Key features include support for Intel oneAPI, various thermal cooling options, and extensive I/O capabilities. Shipments are set to begin in Q2 2021, with pre-integrated options available from DELL or HPE, backed by a three-year warranty.

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• IA-840F FPGA card offers up to 40% higher performance or lower power.
• Support for Intel oneAPI simplifies multi-architecture development.
• Extensive I/O capabilities with dual QSFP-DDs and PCIe Gen4.
• First shipments of IA-840F scheduled for Q2 2021.

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CONCORD, N.H., Nov. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- BittWare, a Molex company, today unveiled the IA-840F, the company's first Intel® Agilex™-based FPGA card designed to deliver significant performance-per-watt improvements for next-generation data center, networking and edge compute workloads. Agilex FPGAs deliver up to 40% higher performance or up to 40% lower power, depending on application requirements. BittWare maximized I/O features using the Agilex chip's unique tiling architecture with dual QSFP-DDs (4× 100G), PCIe Gen4 x16, and three MCIO expansion ports for diverse applications. BittWare also announced support for Intel oneAPI™, which enables an abstracted development flow for dramatically simplified code re-use across multiple architectures.

"Modern data center workloads are incredibly diverse, requiring customers to implement a mix of scalar, vector, matrix and spatial architectures," said Craig Petrie, vice president of marketing for BittWare. "The IA-840F ensures that customers can quickly and easily exploit the advanced features of the Intel Agilex FPGA. For those customers who prefer to develop FPGA applications at an abstracted level, we are including support for oneAPI. This new unified software programming environment allows customers to program the Agilex FPGA from a single code base with native high-level language performance across architectures."

The new IA-84F offers enterprise-class features and capabilities, including:

• Support for Intel oneAPI unified software programming environment
• HDL developer toolkit: API, PCIe drivers, application example designs and diagnostic self-test
• Sophisticated Board Management Controller (BMC)
• Choice of thermal cooling options: Passive, active or liquid
• Multiple expansion port for additional PCIe, storage or network I/O

To streamline cross-architecture development, oneAPI includes a direct programming language, Data Parallel C++, and a set of libraries for API-based programming. Data Parallel C++ is based on C++ and incorporates SYCL from the Khronos Group. This dramatically simplifies code re-use across multiple architectures while facilitating custom tuning for accelerators.

"Intel Agilex FPGAs and cross platform tools including the oneAPI toolkit are leading the way to enable easier access to these newest FPGAs and their tremendous capabilities - including eASIC integration, HBM integration, BFLOAT16, optimized tensor compute blocks, Compute Express Link (CXL), and 112 Gbps transceiver data rates for high speed 1Ghz compute and 400Gbps+ connectivity solutions," said Patrick Dorsey, VP Product, Programmable Solutions Group at Intel.  "The highly customizable and heterogenous Agilex platform and oneAPI tools enable products like the new IA-840F accelerator card from BittWare to drive innovation from the edge to the cloud."

First IA-840F card shipments are scheduled to begin Q2 2021. Customers can purchase the new card as a pre-integrated DELL or HPE server from the BittWare TeraBox range with a comprehensive three-year warranty. Each TeraBox server is delivered with pre-installed FPGA card, operating system, driver and tools. Please visit www.BittWare.com for product portfolio details.

About BittWare

BittWare, a Molex company, designs and manufactures  enterprise-class FPGA hardware that enables customers to deploy solutions quickly and with low risk. BittWare, with 30 years of experience developing FPGA accelerators, is the only FPGA vendor-agnostic supplier of critical mass able to address enterprise-class qualification and lifecycle requirements for customers deploying solutions in volume.  

About Molex

Molex makes a connected world possible by enabling technology that transforms the future and improves lives. With a presence in more than 40 countries, Molex offers a full range of connectivity products, services and solutions for markets that include data communications, medical, industrial, automotive and consumer electronics. For more information, visit www.molex.com.

About Intel:

Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) is a world leader in computing innovation. The company designs and builds the essential technologies that serve as the foundation for the world's computing devices. As a leader in corporate responsibility and sustainability, Intel also manufactures the world's first commercially available "conflict-free" microprocessors.

 

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FAQ

What is the IA-840F FPGA card from BittWare?

The IA-840F is BittWare's first Intel Agilex-based FPGA card designed to improve performance and efficiency for data center applications.

What performance improvements does the IA-840F offer?

The IA-840F offers up to 40% higher performance or 40% lower power consumption, depending on application requirements.

When will the first shipments of the IA-840F begin?

First shipments of the IA-840F are scheduled to begin in Q2 2021.

What programming support does the IA-840F provide?

The IA-840F supports Intel oneAPI, allowing simplified development across multiple architectures with a unified code base.

What cooling options are available for the IA-840F?

The IA-840F offers a choice of passive, active, or liquid thermal cooling options.