Aetina M3A500-PP Series User Manual

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  • Page 1 Embedded MXM module M3A500-PP Series USER MANUAL...
  • Page 2 Document Change History Version Date Description Authors V1.0 2023/03/15 Initial Release. Emily Chou V1.1 2023/05/10 Revised Board configuration and Ordering info. Emily Chou M3A500-PP User Manual...
  • Page 3 The material in this manual is for product information only and is subject to change without notice. While reasonable efforts have been made in the preparation of this manual to assure its accuracy, Aetina assumes no liabilities resulting from errors or omissions in this manual, or from the use of the information contained herein.
  • Page 4 All other product names or trademarks are properties of their respective owners. No ownership is implied or assumed for products, names or trademarks not herein listed by the publisher of this manual. For more information about this and other Aetina products, please visit our website at http://www.Aetina.com/...
  • Page 5 Product Warranty Aetina warrants the original purchaser, that each of its products will be free from defects in materials and workmanship which refers to “Aetina warranty policy” on Aetina’s official website: https://www.aetina.com/. Aetina warranty policy will be updated from time to time, and the last version shall be binding on the parties.
  • Page 6 14. Never open the equipment. For safety reasons, the equipment should be opened only by qualified service personnel. 15. If any of the following situations arises, please the contact Aetina’s service personnel: Power cord or plug is damaged –...
  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    Contents 1. Product Specification ..............7 1.1 Features ........................8 1.2 Configuration ......................9 2. Hardware Information .............. 10 2.1 Block Diagram ...................... 10 2.2 General Purpose Graphics Processing Unit ............10 2.3 Display Interface ....................11 2.4 PCIE Express ......................11 2.5 Mechanical Dimensions ..................
  • Page 8: Product Specification

    1. Product Specification The MXM M3A500-PP module features advanced NVIDIA RTX A500 Embedded GUP. It’s Ampere architecture in the MXM 3.1 Type A form factor. With 2048 CUDA core, 16 RT cores and 64 Tensor cores, 4GB GDDR6 memory. The M3A500-PP support PCIe Gen 4 interface is delivers faster sequential data transfer than PCIe Gen 3 interface and bringing excellent performance and power efficiency into a wide variety of embedded systems, fully integrating hardware acceleration for both graphics and computing code, enabling hardware acceleration for a wider class of software...
  • Page 9: Features

    Local frame buffer: 4GB (2 pieces 512M x 32 GDDR6, FBGA-180 package) Display Support ▪ N/A (MS Hybrid version) Cooling System ▪ Operating System Support ▪ Windows ® 10-11 64-bit Linux 64-bit ▪ 1- Aetina provides PCI Express Gen4.0 x4. M3A500-PP User Manual...
  • Page 10: Configuration

    1.2 Configuration Lists the SKU configuration currently available for the NVIDIA RTX A500 graphics board. ◼ Board configuration Specification M3A500-PPA-A1 M3A500-PPA-A2 Chip NVIDIA RTX A500 Embedded GPU Base=1155 Base=652 Core clock(MHz) Boost= 1777 Boost= 1597 Memory speed 14.0 Gbps Frame buffer 4GB GDDR6 Memory interface 64-bit...
  • Page 11: Hardware Information

    GDDR6 PCIe X16 M3A500-PP Block diagram 2.2 General Purpose Graphics Processing Unit The Aetina M3A500-PP is based on NVIDIA RTX A500 Embedded GPU. The A500 is compliant with NVIDIA’s CUDA computing capability 8.6. ⚫ GPU Resources o GDDR6 SDRAM ▪...
  • Page 12: Display Interface

    2.3 Display Interface The M3A500-PP provides four the digital output channels can be active at the same time. ⚫ Digital Output This model does not support Digital output. ⚫ Analog Output This model does not support Analog output. ⚫ Hot Plug This model does not support Hot Plug detect for digital monitors.
  • Page 13: Pin Definition

    2.6 Pin Definition ⚫ Board Interface MXM Board layout Specification Describe NVIDIA RTX A500 GPU MXM connector (Golden finger) Board layout and connectors MXM Pin Assignments ⚫ MXM connector (card TOP) MXM connector (card BOTTOM) M3A500-PP User Manual...
  • Page 14 ⚫ MXM connector Pinout MXM connector pinout (continued) M3A500-PP User Manual...
  • Page 15 MXM connector pinout Notes: 1. KEY = Key (or notch) on the PCB edge finger 2. PD = Pull-down resister on module 3. n.c. = Not Connect 4. Reserved = Reserved pin and do NOT connect on system M3A500-PP User Manual...
  • Page 16: Software Installation

    64-bit 3.2 Performing a Quick Installation Experienced users and system administrators can follow these brief instructions for installing Aetina graphics card. Other users should refer to the detailed installation instructions. 1. Uninstall the drivers and software for any installed graphics card(s).
  • Page 17: Install Graphics Driver

    3. Make sure your system has installed the appropriate motherboard drivers (for the motherboard drivers, please contact the motherboard manufacturer). After installing the operating system, download driver from Aetina official website. Then, go to My Computer, double-click the Download folder and execute the setup.exe program.
  • Page 18 ⚫ The system is installing the components ⚫ Click the “RESTART NOW” button to restart the computer. Then the driver installation is done M3A500-PP User Manual...
  • Page 19: Initial Setup

    4. Initial Setup 4.1 Thermal Specifications Thermal Specification ◼ Parameter Value Thermal Resistance (Junction to Case, R 0.042°C/W Thermal Resistance (Junction to PCB, R 2.38°C/W GPU shutdown temperature (OVERT) (Note 1) 100°C GPU shutdown temperature (THERM_ALERT) (Note 2) 98°C GPU maximum operating temperature (Note 3) 89°C GPU target temperature 87°C (default).
  • Page 20: Appendix

    5. Appendix 5.1 Ordering Information Models available ◼ Model Number Description M3A500-PPA-A1 MXM-A, NVIDIA RTX A500, Gen4.0 x4, 4GB GDDR6, MSH, 45W, 0°C to +55°C M3A500-PPW-A1 MXM-A, NVIDIA RTX A500, Gen4.0 x4, 4GB GDDR6, MSH, 45W, -40°C to +85°C M3A500-PPA-A2 MXM-A, NVIDIA RTX A500, Gen4.0 x4, 4GB GDDR6, MSH, 35W, 0°C to +55°C M3A500-PPW-A2 MXM-A, NVIDIA RTX A500, Gen4.0 x4, 4GB GDDR6, MSH, 35W, -40°C to +85°C...
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