AMD's FPGA strategy isn't simply about technological advancement; it's a 'solution-centric' approach that addresses challenges across industries. The Versal series is already being deployed in diverse fields, from AI PCs to the cloud, edge AI, autonomous driving, and smart factories.

AMD Executive Director Kim Hyuk revealed AMD's FPGA strategy through a presentation titled 'AMD Adaptive & Embedded Computing Product Overview' at the 'AMD Embedded Computing Tech Day' event held on the 16th.

Since AMD's acquisition of Xilinx, the field programmable gate array (FPGA) market has gone beyond simple reorganization and is emerging as a center of technological innovation. In particular, AMD's 'Versal' series is attracting attention as it presents new possibilities in various industries such as edge AI, communications, defense, and data centers.

FPGAs are a technology that began in the early 1980s with 1,000 logic cells. The concept that hardware could be defined by software was groundbreaking at the time.

Since then, countless semiconductor technologies have come and gone, but FPGAs have survived thanks to their unique flexibility and scalability.

AMD has continued to advance its technology since its merger with Xilinx, continually introducing new product lines that meet market needs.

The Versal series has evolved beyond simple FPGAs into adaptive SoCs (system-on-chip).

The first-generation Versal AI Core series is designed as a highly integrated device suitable for high-performance communication equipment such as 5G beamforming, and provides the efficiency to replace multiple chips with one by integrating AI engines and DSP functions.

The second-generation Versal AI Edge (Gen2) takes this performance even further.

Performance has been improved threefold through structural improvements to the AI engine, and the number of scalar processor blocks has been expanded to up to eight, enabling post-inferencing judgment processing.

In particular, the design stands out for satisfying real-time processing and security standards (ECC, PQC, etc.) required in the defense, aviation, and automotive fields.

Versal Premium Gen2 supports PCIe Gen6 and CXL interfaces and has a structure that can resolve cache coherency issues between the GPU and CPU.

This solution is optimized for high-speed data transactions and memory synchronization required in AI data centers, clouds, and test equipment.

Additionally, the RF series inherits the existing RFSoC and features high-performance analog-to-digital conversion capabilities that support 32GSPS ADCs and 16GSPS DACs.

With the DSP function hardwareized, power consumption is reduced by 80% and design cycles are also significantly shortened. It is suitable for designing high-density systems such as defense, broadcasting, and image processing.

AMD is strengthening not only its FPGA hardware but also its software ecosystem.

Vivado offers fine-tuning features for advanced users and has also doubled compilation speed.

Vitis helps software developers efficiently connect AI engines and logic, and includes features that automatically suggest areas where parallel processing is possible.

AMD has opened the era of AI PCs by introducing the Versal-based AI architecture (XDNA) to the Ryzen 7040 series.

Our full-stack AI solution, including Epyc CPUs, Radeon GPUs, and the Instinct series, covers everything from edge to cloud.

The Spartan series is ideal for applications requiring IO expansion and low-power design in a variety of fields, including medical, power grid, and automotive.

The latest UltraScale Plus products incorporate security features (PQC) for the quantum computing era and are also suitable for public institutions and financial systems that require long-term product life and stability.

Kim Hyuk, Managing Director, said, “AMD is going beyond simply supplying products and is quickly reflecting market needs through collaboration with partners,” and “The Versal series is already being deployed in various fields such as edge AI, autonomous driving, and smart factories, and the second-generation product line is also ready for mass production.”