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

2 core with Intel Hyper-threading Technology enabled in the BIOS or more cores

System memory

4GB RAM

8GB or more (< 32G)

Storage capabilities

20GB

120GB or more

Minimum Requirements for Processor

1 GB Large pages

Known Limitations

Platforms with multiple PCI segments are not supported.

ACRN assumes the following conditions are satisfied from the Platform BIOS:

  • All the PCI device BARs must be assigned resources, including SR-IOV VF BARs if a device supports it.

  • Bridge windows for PCI bridge devices and the resources for root bus must be programmed with values that enclose resources used by all the downstream devices.

  • There should be no conflict in resources among the PCI devices or with other platform devices.

Tested Platforms by ACRN Release

These platforms have been tested by the development team with the noted ACRN release version and may not work as expected on later ACRN releases.

For general instructions setting up ACRN on supported hardware platforms, visit the Getting Started Guide page.

Table 1 Supported Target Platforms

Intel x86 Platform Family

Product / Kit Name

Board configuration

ACRN Release

Graphics

Tiger Lake

NUC11TNHi5
(Board: NUC11TNBi5)

nuc11tnbi5.xml

v2.5

GVT-d

Whiskey Lake

WHL-IPC-I7
(Board: WHL-IPC-I7)

whl-ipc-i7.xml

v2.0

GVT-g

Kaby Lake
(Dawson Canyon)

NUC7i7DNH
(board: NUC7i7DNB)

nuc7i7dnb.xml

v1.6.1

GVT-g

Apollo Lake

NUC6CAYH,
UP2-N3350, UP2-N4200,
UP2-x5-E3940

v1.0

GVT-g

If an XML file is not provided by project ACRN for your board, we recommend you use the board inspector tool to generate an XML file specifically for your board. Refer to Board Inspector Tool for more details on using the board inspector tool.

Tested Hardware Specifications Detail

Platform (Intel x86)

Product/Kit Name

Hardware Class

Description
Tiger Lake
NUC11TNHi5
(Board: NUC11TNBi5)

Processor

  • Intel© Core™ i5-113G7 CPU (8M Cache, up to 4.2 GHz)

Graphics

  • Dual HDMI 2.0b w/HDMI CEC, Dual DP 1.4a via Type C

  • Supports 4 displays

System memory

  • Two DDR4 SO-DIMM sockets (up to 64 GB, 3200 MHz), 1.2V

Storage capabilities

  • One M.2 connector for storage 22x80 NVMe (M), 22x42 SATA (B)

Serial Port

  • Yes
Whiskey Lake
WHL-IPC-I7
(Board: WHL-IPC-I7)

Processor

  • Intel© Core™ i7-8565U CPU @ 1.80GHz (4C8T)

Graphics

  • HD Graphics 610/620

  • ONE HDMI* 1.4a 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 for Wi-Fi

  • One M.2 connector for 3G/4G module, supporting LTE Category 6 and above

  • One M.2 connector for 2242 SSD

  • TWO SATA3 port (only one if Celeron onboard)

Serial Port

  • Yes
Kaby Lake
(Dawson Canyon)
NUC7i7DNH
(Board: NUC7i7DNB)

Processor

  • Intel© Core™ i7-8650U Processor (8M Cache, up to 4.2 GHz)

Graphics

  • Dual HDMI 2.0a, 4-lane eDP 1.4

  • Supports 2 displays

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

  • One SATA3 port for connection to 2.5” HDD or SSD

Serial Port

  • Yes
Apollo Lake
(Arches Canyon)
NUC6CAYH
(Board: NUC6CAYB)

Processor

  • Intel© Celeron™ CPU J3455 @ 1.50GHz (4C4T)

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 (2C2T, up to 2.4 GHz)

  • Intel© Pentium™ N4200 (4C4T, up to 2.5 GHz)

  • Intel© Atom™ x5-E3940 (4C4T) (up to 1.8GHz)/x7-E3950 (4C4T, 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