Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13c1d-6380-7393-ab96-a1cd7be9636d/itq-pr17138-ska-lfaa-calibration-correlator awarded GB open procedure Suitable for SMEs # ITQ PR17138 SKA LFAA Calibration Correlator [UK Shared Business Services Limited](https://tendernation.io/buyers/uk-shared-business-services-limited) Estimated value £120,000 to £135,000 Published 27 Nov 2017 Deadline Closed 7 Dec 2017 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender ### Introduction The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is a project to deliver the world's largest Radio Telescope. The Low Frequency Aperture Array (LFAA) will be located in Australia. Operating in the frequency range of 50MHz-350MHz and comprising of 500 interconnected stations, each containing 256 Antenna. The channelized data is streamed from the antenna in complex form, for two polarities. FPGA based accelerator hardware is required to correlate the data, by performing a complex multiple and accumulate function for all values of antenna data for each corresponding frequency channel over a set period of time for all antenna in the station. Front-end memory is required for ordering of received data from multiple sources, so that complete frequency channel sets are available for processing. Values being accumulated during the period of time are stored in local memory before the final values are sent to a computer for analysis. Data is transferred between antenna Tile Processing Modules using 40GbE, interconnected using standard network switches. ### Requirements • Number of boards required: 20 • FPGA Accelerator Board with a PCIe Form-Factor • 14nm FPGA with 17.4Gbs Capable Transceivers and core clock rates up to 1GHz • Number of DSP Blocks: Greater than 10,000 18x19 Multipliers • A minimum of 3 Banks of at least 4GB DDR4 Memory • A minimum of 2x QSFP28 Cages for 2x40GbE • Power Requirements: At least 150 Watts but not to exceed 375 Watts • FPGA to be supplied should ideally be a Production Part not an Engineering Sample Additional information: PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CLOSING TIME FOR RESPONSES IS 14.00 (GMT) ON 7th DECEMBER 2017. ALL RESPONSES MUST BE UPLOADED TO THE EMPTORIS ESOURCING PLATFORM. All submissions will be assessed in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, for procurement values that exceed Regulation 5 (Threshold amounts). 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