AMD Versal™ AI Edge Series Gen 2 and Versal Prime Series Gen 2 Adaptive SoCs Speed Toward Production

Last year, we introduced the AMD Versal™ AI Edge Series Gen 2 and Versal Prime Series Gen 2, two extensions to the Versal portfolio that enable single-chip intelligence for embedded systems. Versal Prime Series Gen 2 devices offer up to 10X scalar compute vs. current production AMD adaptive SoCs,¹ coupling programmable logic for flexible, real-time sensor processing with high-performance embedded compute. The Versal AI Edge Series Gen 2 builds on this architecture, adding next-generation AI Engines to deliver end-to-end acceleration of preprocessing, inference, and postprocessing for edge AI applications.

Today, I’m excited to announce several significant product milestones: Versal AI Edge Series Gen 2 devices are now sampling to multiple early access customers, and Versal Prime Series Gen 2 devices are on track to begin sampling by mid-year. Additionally, with the release of the 2025.1 design tools, these product lines are moving from early access to general access. This means all customers can now directly review product documentation or evaluate these devices with AMD Vivado™ Design Suite and the Vitis™ Unified Software Platform.

With these milestones, any engineer, designer, or system architect can now explore how Versal AI Edge Series Gen 2 and Prime Series Gen 2 adaptive SoCs meet and exceed the performance, power, area, functional safety, and security needs of cutting-edge embedded systems.

Leverage Documentation to Explore Versal AI Edge Series Gen 2 and Prime Series Gen 2 Devices

All customers can now access Versal AI Edge Series Gen 2 and Prime Series Gen 2 documentation, including:

• DC & AC Switching Characteristics Data Sheets: AI Edge Series Gen 2 | Prime Series Gen 2
• Processing System Technical Reference Manual
• Next-Gen AI Engine Architecture Manual
• Product Guides: X5IO, NoC, DDR5MC, ISP, VCU

In addition to the links above, these documents and more can be accessed through the AMD documentation portal.

Kickoff Device Selection with Power Design Manager

Power estimation informs many critical decisions during the adaptive SoC and FPGA design process – starting with device selection and continuing to system-level power budgeting and thermal design. Power Design Manager (PDM) is an AMD power estimation platform designed to deliver accurate and consistent power estimation for AMD Versal adaptive SoCs, UltraScale+™ devices, and Kria™ SOM products.

Power Design Manager now supports select Versal AI Edge Series Gen 2 and Prime Series Gen 2 devices. You can download Power Design Manager here.

Start Your Versal AI Edge Series Gen 2 and Prime Series Gen 2 Design

All customers can now target select Versal AI Edge Series Gen 2 and Prime Series Gen 2 devices using Vivado and Vitis 2025.1. Visit the Design Flow Assistant and Design Process Hubs for help getting started on a design and download the 2025.1 design tools here. 

Footnotes: 

1. Based on pre-silicon estimates for combined total DMIPs of the Versal AI Edge Series Gen 2 and Versal Prime Series Gen 2 processing systems, when configured with 8 Arm® Cortex®-A78AE application cores at 2.2 GHz and 10 Arm Cortex-R52 real-time cores at 1.05 GHz, compared to the combined total DMIPs in the first-generation Versal AI Edge Series and Versal Prime Series. Versal AI Edge Series Gen 2 and Versal Prime Series Gen 2 operating conditions: Highest available speed grade, 0.88V PS operating voltage, split-mode operation, and maximum supported operating frequency. First-generation Versal AI Edge Series and Versal Prime Series operating conditions: Highest available speed grade, 0.88V PS operating voltage, and maximum supported operating frequency. Actual DMIPs performance will vary when final products are released in market. (VER-027)

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