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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:
- Added OS support information - Operating system support section
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.
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.
| 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.
* with 50% weight sparsity
Server support
The following tables list the ThinkSystem servers that are compatible.
Operating system support
The following table lists the supported operating systems.
Tip: These tables are automatically generated based on data from Lenovo ServerProven.
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.
For more information see the AMD Vitis Unified Software Platform page:
https://www.xilinx.com/products/design-tools/vitis/vitis-platform.html
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 publications
For more information, refer to these documents:
- ThinkSystem and ThinkAgile GPU Summary:
https://lenovopress.lenovo.com/lp0768-thinksystem-thinkagile-gpu-summary - ServerProven compatibility:
http://www.lenovo.com/us/en/serverproven - AMD Alveo V70 product page:
https://www.xilinx.com/applications/data-center/v70.html - AMD Vitis Unified Software Platform page:
https://www.xilinx.com/products/design-tools/vitis/vitis-platform.html
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The following terms are trademarks of Lenovo in the United States, other countries, or both:
Lenovo®
ServerProven®
ThinkAgile®
ThinkSystem®
The following terms are trademarks of other companies:
AMD, AMD XDNA™, Alveo™, Versal™, and Vitis™ are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Intel® is a trademark of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries.
Linux® is the trademark of Linus Torvalds in the U.S. and other countries.
Other company, product, or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others.
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Full Change History
Changes in the November 3, 2023 update:
- Added OS support information - Operating system support section
Changes in the October 24, 2023 update:
- The adapter is now orderable
- Added server support tables - Server support section
First published: September 20, 2023
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