Installation Requirements - 2024.1 English

Vitis Unified Software Platform Documentation: Application Acceleration Development (UG1393)

Document ID
UG1393
Release Date
2024-07-03
Version
2024.1 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.
Note: This release, 2024.1, is the last release that Vitis Software Development supports the following operating systems:
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation/Server/CentOS 7.4-7.7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.5-8.7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0-9.1
  • Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS
  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  • Windows 11.0 22H2
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, 8.9
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation/Server: 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3
  • AlmaLinux: 8.7, 9.1
  • 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, 22.04.3 LTS
  • Amazon Linux 2 AL2 LTS

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

  • Windows 10: 22H2
  • Windows 11: 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, 8.9
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation/Server: 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3
  • AlmaLinux: 8.7, 9.1
  • 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, 22.04.3 LTS
  • Amazon Linux 2 AL2 LTS
  • Linux in VM on Windows Server 2019
For edge acceleration (embedded platforms):
  • PetaLinux 2024.1
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
Note:
  1. Ubuntu 22.04 LTS means the initial release of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. The latest minor releases like Ubuntu 22.04.1 will still be supported.
  2. The latest versions of the related major release (for example, RHEL 8, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS) will still be supported.
  3. Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation/Server/CentOS 7.9 will not be supported in 2025.1.
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, 8.9
  • Red Hat Enterprise Workstation/Server: 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3
  • 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, 22.04.3 LTS
System memory 64 GB (80 GB is recommended)
Internet connection Required for downloading drivers and utilities.
Hard disk space 100 GB