WILDSTAR 3AE1 3U OpenVPX FPGA Processor – WB3AE1
The WILDSTAR 3AE1 FPGA Processor is 100GbE-enabled, SOSA-aligned, and it leverages the processing and A/D & D/A converting power of one or two Intel Agilex Direct RF-Series AGRW014 FPGAs.
This is the lowest latency and highest bandwidth 64 GS/s 3U VPX solution on the market.
Want the same 64 GS/s Direct RF sampling capability in an even smaller form factor? See the WILDSTAR SAF1 Small Form Factor Module.

These SOSA-aligned Plug-In Cards (PIC) offer very high ADC/DAC sample rates that are integrated into the FPGAs. Each RF-Series FPGA offers eight channels each of A/D and D/A converting with sample rates of 64 GS/s at 10-bit resolution.
This board also includes a full-length coax-connected Analog Interface Mezzanine Site. This site can be populated with an Annapolis or 3rd party/customer-designed RF Card for front-end personalization (e.g. pre-filtering or analog conditioning) for applications of interest.
Annapolis’ powerful BSP options include 40/100GbE IP and Linux support.
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General Features
- One or two Intel Agilex Direct RF-Series AGRW014 FPGAs. (Other configurations also available – contact factory for part number options.) Each FPGA provides:
- 1,437 Logic Elements
- 9,020 18×19 Multipliers
- 190 Mb Embedded Memory
- Quad Core ARM
- 58G PAM-4, 32G NRZ XCVR
- VITA 46.11/SOSA IPMC Support
- Supports Annapolis or 3rd party/customer-designed Analog Interface Cards for front-end personalization
ADC & DAC I/O
- ADC
- Channels: 8
- Sample Rate: 64GSps
- Resolution: 10 bit
- DAC
- Channels: 8
- Sample Rate: 64GSps
- Resolution: 10 bit
- Backplane RF support with VITA 67
- HSS connections can support protocols such as 10/40/100Gb Ethernet and Aurora or user designed protocols. Some HSS interfaces also support PCIe using FPGA hard blocks.
Mechanical and Environmental
- 3U OpenVPX (VITA 65) Compliant, 1” VITA 48.1/48.2 or 1.5” VITA 48.8 (AFT) spacing
- Supports OpenVPX payload profile:
- SLT3-PAY-1F1U1S1S1U1U2F1H-14.6.11-n (SOSA Primary)
- Available with 85° C ambient air temperature or card edge support and -55° C power-on
- Available with -65° C to 105° C storage temperature
- Air, Air-Flow-Through or Conduction Cooled
- Only requires +12V and +3.3VAUX from backplane
- Developed in alignment with the SOSA™ Technical Standard
Application Development
- Full Board Support Package for Fast and Easy Application Development
- VHDL flow supports High-Level Synthesis (HLS)
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