Offering 80 TOPS DSP compute and SWaP-optimized design, these SoCs deliver good performance for aerospace, defense, and test & measurement applications.
AMD has announced the expansion of its Versal adaptive system-on-chip (SoC) portfolio with the launch of the Versal RF Series. These new adaptive SoCs represent a groundbreaking advancement, integrating high-resolution radio frequency (RF) data converters, dedicated digital signal processing (DSP) hard IP, AI Engines, and programmable logic into a single-chip device.
The Series is engineered to deliver unmatched compute performance with up to 80 TOPS of DSP processing power in a size, weight, and power (SWaP)-optimized design. It offers precise wideband-spectrum observability and is targeted at RF systems in aerospace and defense (A&D) as well as test and measurement (T&M) applications.
The main features include:
- Offers up to 80 TOPS of DSP compute, 19x more than prior AMD solutions.
- Integrates hard IP for critical functions: FFT, channelization, resampling.
- Cuts dynamic power consumption by up to 80% versus traditional methods.
The fifth generation of direct RF devices, the Versal RF Series builds on the success of the Zynq RFSoC family, combining RF data converters, hard IP DSP compute blocks, and adaptive SoC programmable logic with an Arm subsystem. The Versal RF Series introduces high-resolution (14-bit, 32 GSPS) and high-frequency (18 GHz) RF analog-to-digital converters (RF-ADCs). These enable accurate, multi-channel wideband signal capture and low-latency processing, addressing mission-critical applications such as phased array radar, electromagnetic spectrum operations, and satellite communications.
For T&M markets, it supports high-speed oscilloscopes and spectrum analyzers, enabling advanced signal processing functions like arbitrary resampling and multi-channel spectral analysis. Unparalleled DSP Compute Performance SWaP-Optimized Design The single-chip integration of RF converters, DSP hard IP, and adaptive logic offers a compact, power-efficient solution, reducing system complexity and weight. It provides the DSP compute equivalent of multiple FPGAs in a single device. Development tools for the Versal RF Series are available now. Silicon samples and evaluation kits will ship in late 2025, with production expected in the first half of 2027.