Hardware Application

Xilinx is providing hardware to build out your solutions for the Adaptive Computing Contest on Hackster. The hardware will be given away or loaned to qualifying applicants. Please read the following information carefully to learn how to apply for hardware. To be considered for hardware you must complete the 3 steps below by August 17, 2020 at 11:59PM Pacific. 

Fill out  the hardware application form. 

Watch the mandatory training. 

Take the quiz with a passing grade of 80%.

There are three categories in the Adaptive Computing Developer contest. Each contest category has a separate hardware requirement. To apply for hardware, choose one of the three contest categories listed below and complete the application form by August 17, 2020 at 11:59PM Pacific. 

*NOTE: The ZCU104 and Alveo U50 are high end professional development boards. For export control purposes applicants must fill out a loaner/export control form on Xilinx.com to be eligible for the ZCU104 giveaway and Alveo loan program. The Alveo U50 Accelerator Cards are being offered by Xilinx as a loan for the duration of the contest and MUST be returned following the contest. Click the "Apply for Loan" button above for more details. 

Take the quiz below to test the knowledge you gained while watching the training videos. You must earn a passing grade of 80% to be eligible to receive hardware. Quiz results will be sent to the email provided below and there is no limit on the number of times you can take the quiz. 

31. Akshay Chordia

32. Swarnim

33. Siddharth

34. Sujata

35. zst123

36. Vardhan S Raj

37. john wang

38. Meghdoot07

39. Victor Petin

40. OAL

41. Ahmed Khalaf

42. Max

43. Tommy Nguyen

44. Pranjay

45. Ussama Zahid

46. Nitin B 

47. Pratyush Mallick

48. sambit mohapatra

49. sam wang

50. Randall

51. marco polo sauza aguirre

52. Fred Murphy

53. EW1

54. Pekon Gupta

55. Dimiter Kendri

56. Feng Yao

57. Timothy Thomas

58. Andrei Ciobanu

59. Debraj Das

60. Guillermo Perez Guillen

1. Avitron

2. Harshil Suvarna

3. Rushabh Nagda

4. Renga

5. Naveen

6. Lea Kun

7. Егор Дергунов

8. Giang Ngo

9. 刘毅波

10. Raul Alvarez-Torrico

11. Speggo

12. Rico Chavez-Lopez

13. Carlos Eduardo Parra Moya

14. Mahmood ul Hassan

15. 牟展祐

16. Md. Khairul Alam

17. nafihahmd

18. Night R

19. 易鑫池

20. Naveed Ahmed

21. Chao Chen

22. Amin Mamandi

23. Aaron Hoover

24. Bruno JJE

25. Dominik Domański

26. Marcos

27. minglai Liu

28. Carlo Russo

29. Alejandro Sanchez

30. Rajthilak S

1. chaitra deepika komatineni

2. jinin k jose

3. Sarath Sreedhar

4. SHEBIN JOSE JACOB

5. Vinod Singh

6. Ish Ot Jr. 

7. Cristian

8. Hoo Kim

9. Jiang Weixiong

10. 賴傳尉

11. Jens Settelmeier

12. A.I.Unicorn

13. Joshua Noel

14. Jinyu Zhang

15. 李軒泓

16. Bar42

17. ning kang

18. harry nie

19. Leow Cheah Wei

20. Anish Singhani

21. 凌 杰

22. yufan lu

23. Victor Altamirano

24. Wichai Tossamartvorakul

25. Attila Tőkés

26. Saad Islam Tiwana

27. Parikshit Saha

28. Rohit Rangwani

29. the lonely programmer

30. TheBlue Phoenix

31. Vitali Kaiser

32. Goitom Yisfa Alemu

33. F. Yao

34. Udara De Silva

35. mayan singh

36. tao he

37. Ashok R

38. Soumen Maity

39. Shyam Kutty

40. Wenyin Wei

1. Eric Fukuda

2. JohnYLiu

3. Syed Hussain

4. Nishant Pani

5. KR

6. Jānis Šate

7. Nehal Patel

8. Arthur Alaniz

9. w5x2y0

10. dezhengzhang

11. Y MYR

12. Mop Mop

13. Stefan Brennsteiner

14. insop

15. Yi Chien Lin

16. VYACHESLAV KRUTOV

17. Zaid Al-Ars

18. rval735

19. Xinyu Chen

20. George Yuan

Contest Begins

Hardware applications close

Ultra96/ZCU104 winners and Alveo U50 loaner recipients announced

Contest submissions close

Winners announced

Tap into our collection of pre-trained models in the Vitis Model Zoo to jumpstart your projects, or access other developer resources (e.g. articles) on the Xilinx Developer Site.

Participants in the Adaptive Computing Contest will have access to exclusive office hours, workshops and other virtual events that will place throughout the contest duration. These are designed to provide participants "in-person" opportunities to ask questions, gain skills and learn from Xilinx technical advisors. Stay tuned on the contest discussion page for event announcements. 

• Introduction to the Vitis Development Platform
• Vitis AI Deep Dive
• Development with Vitis Accelerated Libraries
• Design Methodology for Developing Accelerated Applications
• Whole Application Acceleration: Designing an AI-enabled System

Xilinx Community Forums are where Xilinx technical staff and Xilinx users connect and troubleshoot. For topics related to this contest, we suggest these forums:

• Vitis Forum
• Vitis AI Forum
• Alveo Forum
• HLS Forum

Didn't find what you were looking for? Post your questions on the contest discussion board or contact us at contests@hackster.io.

Applicants may only apply for one hardware category and one piece of hardware within the category. Teams are also only eligible for one piece of hardware, regardless of the number of members on their team.

You must fill out a hardware application, watch the mandatory training resources, and pass the quiz with a minimum 80% grade. Applications must be in English. The hardware giveaway and loaner program is also subject to the same eligibility requirements as the contest. Please refer to all contest rules here.

Absolutely! You can still enter if you already have one of the types of hardware, or would like to purchase your own. Scroll up to see where you can purchase your own hardware.

No, participants must use the Ultra96-V2 board for this contest.

No. This is not a requirement. Depending on your design you may find it necessary to use this accessory, but it is not mandatory.

All the loaner hardware is considered property of Xilinx and will be shipped to recipients from Xilinx facilities. As such, Xilinx is responsible for export compliance and must collect recipient information for this purpose. By filling out the “Loaner /Export Control Form” on Xilinx.com, you are also giving Xilinx permission to use this information for the purpose of sending you hardware, and agreeing to the terms and conditions of the loan program (if applicable).

Once selected for loaner hardware, recipients will receive full instructions on how to return the hardware to Xilinx. Xilinx will cover the cost of shipping the board to a designated address. Return shipments to Xilinx must be postmarked by December 4, 2020.

Yes, the Alveo U50 has minimum system requirements, including a PCI Express® 3.0-compliant with one x16 slot Motherboard. For the full list of system requirements, please reference Page 7 of the Alveo U50 Installation Guide.

Yes! Please email contests@hackster.io with any questions you may have. We are here to help.

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