Nvidia Tesla C870 User manual

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Board Specification
NVIDIA Tesla C870
GPU Computing
Processor Board

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Document Change History
Version Date Reason for Change
01 July 24, 2007 Preliminary Release
02 August 1, 2007 Clarified language support for Linux (Table 9)
03 January 29, 2008 Removed confidential statement
Updated look and feel to meet current standards
04 April 14, 2008 Updated terminology to be the same as used on
web site and other documents

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Table of Contents
NVIDIA Tesla C870 Overview.........................................................................................1
Key Features....................................................................................................................1
GPU Description ...............................................................................................................2
Configuration...................................................................................................................3
Mechanical Specification................................................................................................4
PCI Express System..........................................................................................................4
Placement of Standard I/O Connectors...............................................................................5
Internal Connector and Headers..................................................................................... 6
PCI Express Power Connector ........................................................................................6
4-Pin Fan Connector...................................................................................................... 7
Power Specifications......................................................................................................8
Power by Rail...................................................................................................................9
Thermal Specifications.................................................................................................10
Thermal Qualification Summary....................................................................................... 10
Cooling Solution ............................................................................................................. 12
Support Information ....................................................................................................14
Languages..................................................................................................................... 14
Certificates and Agencies ................................................................................................ 15
Certifications .............................................................................................................. 15
Agencies.................................................................................................................... 15

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List of Figures
Figure 1. Tesla C870 GPU.................................................................................................2
Figure 2. PCI Express Board..............................................................................................4
Figure 3. Blank Bracket ....................................................................................................5
Figure 4. 6-Pin PCI Express Power Connector.....................................................................6
Figure 5. 4-Pin Fan Connector...........................................................................................7
Figure 6. TM60 Active Fan Sink....................................................................................... 12

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List of Tables
Table 1. Board Configuration ...........................................................................................3
Table 2. 6-Pin PCI Express Power Connector Pinout...........................................................7
Table 3. Configuration with Two 6-Pin Connectors.............................................................8
Table 4. Power By Rail ....................................................................................................9
Table 5. Test Setup and Configuration............................................................................ 10
Table 6. Sample Thermal Results and Specification.......................................................... 11
Table 7. Fan Specifications and Conditions...................................................................... 13
Table 8. Environmental Specifications and Conditions....................................................... 13
Table 9. Languages Supported....................................................................................... 14

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NVIDIA Tesla C870
Overview
The NVIDIA®Tesla™C870 GPU computing processor board is a PCI Express
(Gen 1) full-height (4.376 inches by 12.283 inches) form factor computing add-in
card based on the NVIDIA Tesla C870 graphics processing unit (GPU), and is
targeted as a high performance computing (HPC) solution for PCI Express systems.
The Tesla C870 board offers 1536 MB of 136-pin ball grid array (BGA) GDDR3
memory.
Key Features
GPU
Number of streaming processor cores: 128
Processor core clock: 1.35 GHz
Voltage: 1.3 V ± 130 mV
Package size: 42.5 mm × 42.5 mm 1449-pin flip-chip ball grid array (FCBGA)
Board
Twelve layers printed circuit board (PCB)
PCI Express ×16 Generation 1 system interface
Physical dimensions: 4.376 inches × 12.283 inches, dual slot
Power: 170.9 W
External Connectors
None
Internal Connectors and Headers
Two 6-pin PCI Express power connectors
4-pin fan connector

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Memory
Memory size: 1536 MB
¾Twenty-four pieces 16M × 32 GDDR3 136-pin BGA SDRAM
Memory clock: 800 MHz
Interface: 384-bit GDDR3
BIOS
Serial ROM, 128 K × 8
GPU Description
The Tesla C870 is based on the G80 Tesla GPU from NVIDIA.
Figure 1. Tesla C870 GPU
Memory
Controller
Host Interface
Tesla C870
Compute
GPU
Memory
PCI-E

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Configuration
There is one configuration available (Table 1) for the NVIDIA Tesla C870 board.
Table 1. Board Configuration
Specification Description
SKU reference 900-20357-0000-000
Chip Tesla C870 GPU
Package size: GPU 42.5 mm × 42.5 mm
Processor clock 1.35 GHz
Memory size 1536 GHz
Memory clock 800 MH z
Memory I/O 384-bit GDDR3
Memory configuration 24 pcs 16M × 32 GDDR3 SDRAM
Display connectors N/A
Board connector PCI Express Gen 1 x16
Internal connectors and headers Two 6-pin PCI Express power connectors
4-pin fan connector
Two SLI 26-pin edge connectors are present but not
used for Tesla C870
Total board power 170.9 W

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Mechanical
Specification
PCI Express System
The Tesla C870 board (Figure 2) conforms to the PCI Express full height (4.376
inches by 12.283 inches) form factor.
Figure 2. PCI Express Board
4.736 inches
12.283 inches

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Placement of Standard I/O
Connectors
The Tesla C870 board does not include any external I/O connectors.
Figure 3. Blank Bracket