Installation Requirements - Installation Requirements - 2023.2 English - UG1393

Vitis Unified Software Platform Documentation: Application Acceleration Development (UG1393)
Document ID
UG1393
Release Date
2023-12-13
Version
2023.2 English

The AMD Vitis™ unified software platform consists of an integrated design environment (IDE) for interactive project development, and command-line tools for scripted or manual application development.

Note: The Vitis application acceleration development flow is not supported for the Windows OS. However, the Vitis IDE runs on Windows OS to support both the embedded software flow, and high-level synthesis (HLS) development flow.
Table 1. Application Acceleration Development Flow Minimum System Requirements
Component Requirement
Development

(Build Machine OS)

 Deployment (Host OS)

Enabled via XRT
Operating system Linux, 64-bit:
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation/Server 7/CentOS: 7.9
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation/Server: 8.5, 8.6, 8.7, 8.8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation/Server: 9.0, 9.1, 9.2
  • Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS, 20.04.5 LTS, 20.04.6 LTS
  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, 22.04.1 LTS, 22.04.2 LTS
  • Amazon Linux 2 AL2 LTS

Windows, 64-bit for Embedded Software and HLS Development:

  • Windows 10: 21H2, 22H2
  • Windows 11: 21H2, 22H2
  • Windows Server 2022
 For on-premise acceleration (Alveo Data Center accelerator cards):
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation/Server 7/CentOS: 7.9
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation/Server: 8.5, 8.6, 8.7, 8.8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation/Server: 9.0, 9.1, 9.2
  • Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS, 20.04.5 LTS, 20.04.6 LTS
  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, 22.04.1 LTS, 22.04.2 LTS
  • Amazon Linux 2 AL2 LTS
  • Linux in VM on Windpows Server 2019
For edge acceleration (embedded platforms):
  • PetaLinux 2023.2
System memory For Alveo cards: 64 GB (80 GB is recommended)

For embedded: 32 GB
Internet connection Required for downloading drivers and utilities.
Hard disk space 150 GB
Table 2. AI Engine Development Flow Minimum System Requirements
Component Requirement
Operating system Linux, 64-bit:
  • Red Hat Enterprise Workstation/Server 7/CentOS: 7.9
  • Red Hat Enterprise Workstation/Server: 8.5, 8.6, 8.7, 8.8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Workstation/Server: 9.0, 9.1, 9.2
  • Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS, 18.04.5 LTS, 18.04.6 LTS
  • Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS, 20.04.3 LTS, 20.04.4 LTS, 20.04.5 LTS, 20.04.6 LTS
  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, 22.04.1 LTS, 22.04.2 LTS
Important: The 2023.2 release is the last release that AI Engine development supports the following operating systems:
  • Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS, 18.04.5 LTS, 18.04.6 LTS
  • Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS, 20.04.3 LTS
System memory 64 GB (80 GB is recommended)
Internet connection Required for downloading drivers and utilities.
Hard disk space 100 GB