Supply of FPGA Accelerator Boards for SKA LFAA Calibration Correlator
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · Awarded contract
AwardedSupply of FPGA Accelerator Boards for SKA LFAA Calibration Correlator
Awarded 22 Dec 2017
Awarded22 Dec 2017
Value£135,040.00
SupplierReflex CES
RegionUnited Kingdom
CategoryResearch & Development
Ended 7y 11mo ago12mo term
Awarded 22 Dec 2017Expired 21 Dec 2018
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UK Shared Business Services Limited awarded a contract to Reflex CES for the supply of 20 FPGA accelerator boards in PCIe form factor, intended for the Square Kilometre Array Low Frequency Aperture Array (LFAA) calibration correlator.
The boards feature 14nm FPGAs with 17.4Gbs transceivers, core clock rates up to 1GHz, over 10,000 18x19 multipliers, at least 3 banks of 4GB DDR4 memory, and 2x QSFP28 cages for 40GbE connectivity, with power consumption between 150W and 375W.
The contract value is AUD 135,040.
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