Adaptive Computing Challenge 2021

If you are a winner, we will contact you directly via email to arrange the shipment of your prize.

Participants who receive free hardware and do not submit a project may be ineligible for future giveaways unless the hardware is returned.

If you receive free hardware and become unable to submit a project, please contact us at PRITHVIM@xilinx.com and let us know as soon as possible. We may choose to arrange for the hardware to be shipped to another participant.

To be eligible for judging, you must meet ALL of the following requirements unless otherwise stated:

General Requirements

• You must be registered as a participant for this contest.
• You must be a member of the Xilinx Platform hub.
• You must create a Xilinx Developer Program account.
• Your entry must be your own original work.
• Your entry cannot have been selected as a winner in any other Hackster contest.
• Your team is no more than 5 members per entry.*

*By entering a submission to this contest on behalf of a team, you acknowledge that you are the designated representative authorized to act on behalf of your team. (See full rules below for details)

Hardware Application Requirements

Note: If you choose to submit an application for free hardware, you must meet the following requirements. If not, continue to 'Hardware/Software Build Requirements' below.

• Your hardware application must be submitted via the online application form found on the contest page’s “apply for hardware” tab.
• Your hardware application must be written in English.
• You must score 80 or higher on the hardware quiz relevant to the hardware you are applying for.
• Your hardware application must use, as applicable to the corresponding contest category, the Xilinx KV260, VCK5000 or Big Data Analytics Card.
• Your hardware application must be submitted by Oct 31, 2021 at 11:59 PM PT.

Note: For participants located in China hardware application process should be completed with the following links. Complete both the Hardware application and Quiz on either the Chinese website or Hackster.io, please do not duplicate applications.

• Chinese Hardware application: https://xilinx-developer.mike-x.com/EGhnI
• Chinese Hardware Quiz: https://xilinx-developer.mike-x.com/SRZ94

Hardware/Software Build Requirements

• Your project must be created, as applicable to the corresponding contest category, using Vitis, Vitis AI and/or Vivado
• Your project must use one of the listed pieces of Xilinx hardware. It is not required to apply for hardware through this contest to enter. If you did not win a piece of hardware or do not already own the listed hardware, the following hardware per category is also eligible:

Edge Computing – KV260, Ultra96, ZCU104, ZCU102

Datacenter AI – VCK5000, U50, U200, U250, U280

Big Data Analytics – Big Data Analytics Card

Project Documentation Requirements

• Your project must include a project name, short project description, cover image, bill of materials (BOM), full instructions, images, and relevant resource files (schematics, code, CAD).
• Your project must be written in English.
• Your project must be submitted by Mar 31, 2022 at 11:59 PM PT.

Special Prize Category Requirements

• To be eligible for the "Women in Technology" prize, you must be female. If you are entering as a team, your team must have at least 50% female participants.
• To be eligible for the "Xilinx University Program (XUP)" prize, you must be a student in an actively studying in a university program.

Your project will be judged according to the rubric below.

• Idea Innovativeness (10 points) Your idea doesn’t have to be original, but it should be creative (a fresh take on an old idea is often worth as much as a brand new idea)
• Project Presentation (20 points) Demo, documentation, photos, videos
• Execution and Quality (40 points) The quality of the project will be measured from the perspective of accuracy, performance and stability
• Business Viability Potential (30 points) The potential for product commercialization and market adoption.

• $10,000 Visa Gift Card

• $5,000 Visa Gift Card (2 are available)

• $3,000 Visa Gift Card (3 are available)

• 1st Place: $10,000 Visa Gift Card
• 2nd Place: $5,000 Visa Gift Card
• 3rd Place: $3,000 Visa Gift Card

• 1st Place: $10,000 Visa Gift Card
• 2nd Place: $5,000 Visa Gift Card
• 3rd Place: $3,000 Visa Gift Card

• $2,500 Visa Gift Card

• $2,500 Visa Gift Card

Step 1: Register for the Contest

• Start by creating a free account on Hackster.io (or sign-in if already a member).
• Register for the contest by clicking “Register as a participant”.

Step 2: Build and Document Your Project

• Build your project according to the submission requirements.
• Document your project build using Hackster’s project template. To create a new project, click “create new project” on the contest page or the “+” symbol in the top right corner of your Hackster page.

Step 3: Review and submit your project

• Review your project and make sure it meets all the submission requirements.
• Upload a previously created project by clicking “add existing project” on the contest page.
• Submit your project by Mar 31, 2022 at 11:59 PM PT by clicking “review and submit project” on the contest page.

Free devices winners will be announced by November 15, 2021. The list of winners will be visible on the Apply for hardware tab.

Contest winners will be announced on April 18, 2022. The list of winners will be visible on the main page (Contest brief).

You are eligible to enter if you meet the following requirements at time of entry:

• You are at least 13 years of age
• You are not a resident of Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Cuba, Egypt, Georgia, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Libya, Moldova, Myanmar, Mongolia, Macao, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, or Yemen. These countries are Xilinx restricted countries or US export regulations prohibit the export of goods and services to the countries listed above, therefore residents of these countries are not eligible to participate in this challenge.
• You are not involved in the execution or administration of this contest.
• You are not an immediate family member or household member of a Hackster, Xilinx or Avnet employee.