
Applications
Parallel FPGA system testing with multiple sites, targets and users
FPGA Prototyping and IP Verification with maximum visibility at speed
Complex multi-FPGA debug
Exostiv Blade Benefits
- Better enterprise-level test infrastucture scalability & management
- CAPEX and OPEX savings by enabling broader FPGA platform choice and workloads allocation between test sites
- Enables multi-site, multi-target, multi-user FPGA test infrastructures with 24/7 operation
- Bridges debug to pre-production tests with a common infrastructure
- Uncompromised massive data capture at speed of operation enables quick test execution in environment and efficient analysis


Features
- Xilinx FPGA support: Series 7, Ultrascale, Ultrascale+, Zynq & Zynq U+
- Connects to FPGA transceivers through standard interfaces at up to 25 Gbps each
- Modular chassis able to include multiple hardware units
- Up to 400 Gbps / 4x QSFP28 / 512 GB per hardware unit (x N)
- Simultaneous monitoring of multiple FPGA at target speed of operation (> 400 MHz)
- Multi-user capable host
- Included client application for remote control
- Remote management interface
- Python scripting for session automation & data post processing
- Waveform viewer for local and remote waveform databases
Standard configurations
Standard packages are displayed below. Contact us for customized configurations.
Exostiv Blade 100 | Exostiv Blade 400 | Exostiv Blade 400E | Exostiv Blade 1200E |
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Detailed technical specifications
System Overview & Supported Devices
Supported FPGA devices | Xilinx Series 7, Zynq, Ultrascale and Ultrascale+ |
EXOSTIV Blade connectivity with target | QSFP28 - QSFP+ SFP28 - SFP+ Samtec ERF6-ERM6 Other (contact us) |
EXOSTIV Blade Capture Client Software | 1 seat included with Exostiv Blade; Optional additional clients |
EXOSTIV Blade Core Inserter Software | 1 seat included with Exostiv Blade; Optional additional licenses seats |
Required additional software | Xilinx Vivado |
Features per type of chassis
Compact Tower | Tower | 2U chassis | |
Max bandwidth | 100 Gbps | 400 Gbps | 1.2 Tbps |
Max. capture mem. | 8 GB | 512 GB | 1.536 TB |
Max. capture memory per 100 Gbps | 8 GB | 128 GB | 128 GB |
Max QSFP28 ports | 1 | 4 | 12 |
Max. nodes per IP | 32,768 | 32,768 | 32,768 |
Unlimited FPGA sampling frequency (target-dependent) | |||
Multi-FPGA capture | |||
Multiple IP instances per FPGA | |||
Simultaneous users | |||