Supported Hardware

We welcome community contributions to help build Project ACRN support for a broad collection of architectures and platforms.

Minimum System Requirements for Installing ACRN

Hardware	Minimum Requirements	Recommended
Processor	Compatible x86 64-bit processor	4 core or more
System memory	4GB RAM	8GB or more (< 32G)
Storage capabilities	20GB	120GB or more

Verified Platforms According to ACRN Usage

These Apollo Lake and Kaby Lake platforms have been verified by the development team for Software-Defined Cockpit (SDC), Industrial Usage (IU), and Logical Partition scenarios.

For general instructions setting up ACRN on supported hardware platforms, visit the Getting Started Guide for the Intel NUC and Getting started guide for UP2 board pages.

Platform (Intel x86)	Product/Kit Name	Usage Scenerio - BKC Examples
		SDC with 2 VMs	SDC with 4 VMs	IU without Safety VM	IU with Safety VM	Logical Partition
Apollo Lake (Formal name: Arches Canyon	NUC6CAYH (Board: NUC6CAYB)	V	V	V	V
Apollo Lake	UP2 - N3350 UP2 - N4200 UP2 - x5-E3940 (see UP2 Shop)	V
Kaby Lake (Codename: Baby Canyon)	NUC7i5BNH (Board: NUC7i5BNB)	V
Kaby Lake (Codename: Baby Canyon)	NUC7i7BNH (Board: NUC7i7BNB	V
Kaby Lake (Codename: Dawson Canyon)	NUC7i5DNH (Board: NUC7i5DNB)	V
Kaby Lake (Codename: Dawson Canyon)	NUC7i7DNH (Board: NUC7i7DNB)	V	V	V	V	V

V: Verified by engineering team; remaining scenarios are not in verification scope

Verified Hardware Specifications Detail

Platform (Intel x86)	Product/Kit Name	Hardware Class	Description
Apollo Lake (Formal name: Arches Canyon)	NUC6CAYH (Board: NUC6CAYB)	Processor	Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU J3455 @ 1.50GHz
		Graphics	Intel HD Graphics 500 VGA (HDB15); HDMI 2.0
		System memory	Two DDR3L SO-DIMM sockets (up to 8 GB, 1866 MHz), 1.35V
		Storage capabilities	SDXC slot with UHS-I support on the side One SATA3 port for connection to 2.5” HDD or SSD (up to 9.5 mm thickness)
		Serial Port	No
Apollo Lake	UP2 - N3350 UP2 - N4200 UP2 - x5-E3940	Processor	Intel® Celeron™ N3350 (up to 2.4 GHz) Intel® Pentium™ N4200 (up to 2.5 GHz) Intel® Atom ™ x5-E3940 (up to 1.8Ghz)/x7-E3950 ( up to 2.0GHz)
		Graphics	2GB ( single channel) LPDDR4 4GB/8GB ( dual channel) LPDDR4
		System memory	Intel® Gen 9 HD, supporting 4K Codec Decode and Encode for HEVC4, H.264, VP8
		Storage capabilities	32 GB / 64 GB / 128 GB eMMC
		Serial Port	Yes
Kaby Lake (Codename: Baby Canyon)	NUC7i5BNH (Board: NUC7i5BNB)	Processor	Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7260U CPU @ 2.20GHz
		Graphics	Intel® Iris™ Plus Graphics 640 One HDMI* 2.0 port with 4K at 60 Hz Thunderbolt™ 3 port with support for USB* 3.1 Gen 2, DisplayPort* 1.2 and 40 Gb/s Thunderbolt
		System memory	Two DDR4 SO-DIMM sockets (up to 32 GB, 2133 MHz), 1.2V
		Storage capabilities	Micro SDXC slot with UHS-I support on the side One M.2 connector supporting 22x42 or 22x80 M.2 SSD One SATA3 port for connection to 2.5” HDD or SSD (up to 9.5 mm thickness)
		Serial Port	No
Kaby Lake (Codename: Baby Canyon)	NUC7i7BNH (Board: NUC7i7BNB)	Processor	Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7567U CPU @ 3.50GHz
		Graphics	Intel® Iris™ Plus Graphics 650 One HDMI* 2.0 port with 4K at 60 Hz Thunderbolt™ 3 port with support for USB* 3.1 Gen 2, DisplayPort* 1.2 and 40 Gb/s Thunderbolt
		System memory	Two DDR4 SO-DIMM sockets (up to 32 GB, 2133 MHz), 1.2V
		Storage capabilities	Micro SDXC slot with UHS-I support on the side One M.2 connector supporting 22x42 or 22x80 M.2 SSD One SATA3 port for connection to 2.5” HDD or SSD (up to 9.5 mm thickness)
		Serial Port	No
Kaby Lake (Codename: Dawson Canyon)	NUC7i5DNH (Board: NUC7i5DNB)	Processor	Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7300U CPU @ 2.64GHz
		Graphics	Intel® HD Graphics 620 Two HDMI* 2.0a ports supporting 4K at 60 Hz
		System memory	Two DDR4 SO-DIMM sockets (up to 32 GB, 2133 MHz), 1.2V
		Storage capabilities	One M.2 connector supporting 22x80 M.2 SSD One M.2 connector supporting 22x30 M.2 card (NUC7i5DNBE only) One SATA3 port for connection to 2.5” HDD or SSD (up to 9.5 mm thickness) (NUC7i5DNHE only)
		Serial Port	No
Kaby Lake (Codename: Dawson Canyon)	NUC7i7DNH (Board: NUC7i7DNB)	Processor	Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8650U CPU @ 1.90GHz
		Graphics	UHD Graphics 620 Two HDMI* 2.0a ports supporting 4K at 60 Hz
		System memory	Two DDR4 SO-DIMM sockets (up to 32 GB, 2400 MHz), 1.2V
		Storage capabilities	One M.2 connector supporting 22x80 M.2 SSD One M.2 connector supporting 22x30 M.2 card (NUC7i7DNBE Only) One SATA3 port for connection to 2.5” HDD or SSD (up to 9.5 mm thickness) (NUC7i7DNHE only)
		Serial Port	Yes