HPE R3W47A Intel PAC N3000 FPGA Network Accelerator

Detailed Specifications

The HPE R3W47A is an Intel PAC N3000 based FPGA Network Accelerator Card, a specialized hardware component engineered for data-centric and compute-intensive environments. It is designed for integration into HPE servers within enterprise and telecommunications infrastructures, solving the critical need for high-throughput, low-latency workload acceleration. The primary purpose of this card is to offload demanding network processing and computational tasks from a server's main CPU, thereby freeing up resources and eliminating performance bottlenecks. At its core, this programmable acceleration card (PAC) features an Intel Stratix 10 SX FPGA, which combines the reconfigurability of an FPGA with an integrated dual-core ARM processor. This architecture allows for the implementation of customized data paths and application-specific logic directly in hardware. This translates to significant performance gains for functions like network function virtualization (NFV), 5G core infrastructure, real-time data analytics, and content delivery networks by moving workloads closer to the network I/O. Physically, the R3W47A is a full-height, half-length PCIe card designed for deployment in rack-mount servers like the HPE ProLiant series. Its passive cooling design makes it suitable for standard data center environments. Logically, it sits on the PCIe bus, acting as a powerful coprocessor that can be programmed using tools like the Intel Acceleration Stack to handle specific functions, from packet filtering and classification to complex encryption and decryption tasks, making it a highly flexible and powerful infrastructure component.