Contents
Revision History ........................................................................................................... 3
Preface ......................................................................................................................... 3
Contents ....................................................................................................................... 4
Figures ......................................................................................................................... 6
Tables........................................................................................................................... 7
1Introduction .......................................................................................................... 9
1.1 Symbols Explanation ............................................................................................. 9
1.2 Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) ................................................................................. 9
2Hardware ............................................................................................................ 10
2.1 Overview ............................................................................................................10
2.2 NVIDIA®Xavier™ Software ...................................................................................10
2.3 Technical Specification ..........................................................................................10
2.4 Features .............................................................................................................12
2.4.1 Volta GPU ..................................................................................................12
2.4.2 Tensor Cores..............................................................................................13
2.4.3 Carmel CPU Complex ..................................................................................14
2.4.4 Memory Subsystem ....................................................................................15
2.5 Board Diagrams ...................................................................................................16
2.5.1 Block Diagram............................................................................................16
2.5.2 Front Panel ................................................................................................17
2.5.3 Board assembly ..........................................................................................18
2.5.4 Baseboard layout........................................................................................19
2.5.5 Mezzanine Layout .......................................................................................21
3Functional Description ........................................................................................ 22
3.1 CompactPCI Serial operation .................................................................................22
3.2 PCI Express operation...........................................................................................22
3.2.1 Overview ...................................................................................................22
3.2.2 PCI Express clock .......................................................................................23
3.2.3 PCI Express reset .......................................................................................23
3.3 Board Management Controller (BMC) ......................................................................23
3.3.1 Overview ...................................................................................................23
3.3.2 Command Line Interface (CLI) .....................................................................24
3.3.3 Firmware Update ........................................................................................25
3.4 USB Type C interface management ........................................................................28
3.5 Power Management ..............................................................................................30
3.6 Board Reset.........................................................................................................30