List of FPGA dev boards for PCI Express


PCIe edge cards

The development boards listed below all have PCIe edge connectors (aka. goldfingers) and are designed to be plugged into the PCIe slot of a PC or other root complex. They are geared for the development of hardware accelerations for applications running on the host processor.

When choosing one of these boards be careful to make sure that it is going to fit in the intended enclosure; they are not all designed to fit inside a standard desktop PC case.
Board Device Name PCIe Version PCIe Lanes Ethernet ports Vendor Price
385A-SoC Arria-10 Gen3 8 0 BittWare $6,182 USD
AC701 Artix-7 Gen2 4 1 AMD Xilinx $1,554 USD
AXU5EV-P Zynq UltraScale+ Gen3 4 2 Alinx $1,660 USD
Dragon-E FPGA board Virtex-5 Gen2 1 0 KNJN $249.95 USD
Dragon-L FPGA board Spartan-6 Gen2 1 0 KNJN $149.95 USD
HTG-K800 Kintex UltraScale Gen3 8 0 Hitech Global $4,295 USD
KC705 Kintex-7 Gen2 8 1 AMD Xilinx $2,544 USD
KCU105 Kintex UltraScale Gen3 8 1 AMD Xilinx $3,594 USD
KCU116 Kintex UltraScale+ Gen4 8 1 AMD Xilinx $3,594 USD
LFCPNX-VERSA-EVN CertusPro-NX Gen3 4 0 Lattice $501 USD
Nereid Kintex-7 Gen2 4 0 Numato Lab $1295.99 USD
NetFPGA-SUME Virtex-7 Gen3 8 0 Digilent $6,995 USD
Tagus Artix-7 Gen2 1 0 Numato Lab $971.99 USD
VC707 Virtex-7 Gen2 8 1 AMD Xilinx $5,244 USD
VC709 Virtex-7 Gen3 8 0 AMD Xilinx $7,494 USD
VCK190 Versal AI Gen4 8 3 AMD Xilinx $13,195 USD
VCU108 Virtex UltraScale Gen3 8 1 AMD Xilinx $7,194 USD
VCU118 Virtex UltraScale+ Gen4 8 1 AMD Xilinx $8,394 USD
VCU128 Virtex UltraScale+ Gen4 8 1 AMD Xilinx $10,794 USD
VEK280 Versal AI Gen4 16 3 AMD Xilinx $6,995 USD
VMK180 Versal Prime Gen4 8 3 AMD Xilinx $9,345 USD
VPK120 Versal Premium Gen5 8 2 AMD Xilinx $11,994 USD
Z19-P Zynq UltraScale+ Gen3 16 1 Alinx $12,000 USD
ZC706 Zynq-7000 Gen2 4 1 AMD Xilinx $2,994 USD
ZCU106 Zynq UltraScale+ Gen3 4 1 AMD Xilinx $2,994 USD

If you know of a board that is not on this list (but should be), please submit the board details to us.

PCIe slot connectors

The next list of development boards have PCIe slot connectors, so they can be used as a root complex, and you can plug a PCIe end-point into them.

Board Device Name PCIe Version PCIe Lanes Ethernet ports Vendor Price
AXU2CGA Zynq UltraScale+ Gen2 1 1 Alinx $340 USD
MYD-CZU5EV Zynq UltraScale+ Gen2 1 1 MYIR Tech $890 USD
TE0803-04-3BE11-AS Zynq UltraScale+ Gen3 16 1 Trenz Electronic 1,284 EUR
TE0807-03-7DE81-AS Zynq UltraScale+ Gen3 16 1 Trenz Electronic 2,369 EUR
TE0808-05-9BE21-AS Zynq UltraScale+ Gen3 16 1 Trenz Electronic 1,919 EUR
UltraZed-EV Starter Kit Zynq UltraScale+ Gen2 1 1 Avnet $1,595 USD
Z19 Zynq UltraScale+ Gen2 8 2 Alinx $12,000 USD
ZCU102 Zynq UltraScale+ Gen2 4 1 AMD Xilinx $2,994 USD

If you know of a board that is not on this list (but should be), please submit the board details to us.

PCIe cable connectors

This list of development boards have the Molex iPass connector for PCIe, so they can be connected with a root complex through a PCIe cable such as this one.

Board Device Name PCIe Version PCIe Lanes Ethernet ports Vendor Price
TR5 Stratix-V GX Gen3 4 0 Terasic $7,735 USD
VCU129 Virtex UltraScale+ Gen3 8 1 AMD Xilinx $17,994 USD

If you know of a board that is not on this list (but should be), please submit the board details to us.

PCIe M.2 modules

This last list of development boards are in the M.2 M-key form factor.

Board Device Name PCIe Version PCIe Lanes Ethernet ports Vendor Price
Aller Artix-7 4 0 Numato Lab $518.99 USD
LiteFury Artix-7 Gen2 4 0 RHS Research $109 USD
NiteFury Artix-7 Gen2 4 0 RHS Research $149 USD

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