Quick Technology November 13 news, AMD announced the launch of the second -generation Versal Premium series adaptive SOC chip to provide the highest level of system acceleration for various workloads. It is also the first in the FPGA industry.IP supports CXL 3.1 protocol, PCIE 6.0 bus, and LPDDR5 memory.
There are three major aspects of innovation in the new products: one is to accelerate host connection, the other is to release more memory, and the third is to strengthen data security.
Thanks to the new generation of transmission interfaces and memory, the second-generation AMD Versal Premium series can be fast, accelerators, and accelerators.Efficient access and migration data.
Especially CXL 3.1, LPDDR5, can release more memory faster and meet the growing real -time processing and storage needs in the field of data centers, communications, and testing.
This product is very suitable for data -intensive high -bandwidth applications, such as 6G RAN acceleration AI, urban/core transportation, data center interconnection, security equipment, data center fields, data center fields, data center fields, data center fieldsCalculate acceleration, customized AI network, computing storage, enterprise-level SSD, PCIE 7.0 analyzer, camera/ tester, wireless tester, storage/CXL tester, etc. in the field of testing and measurementwait.
By better management system memory, the second -generation AMD Versal Premium series can provide strong calculation assistance. This is the most needed for AI models and various data integration.
As we all know, this is an era of data explosion, especially under the push of AI.The demand for more efficient transmission, and the problem of data security is more prominent.
Memory storage is a key part of the data transmission connection.From the analysis data, the shipment of DDR5 memory will surpass DDR4 for the first time this year, becoming the real mainstream market, and the next generation of DDR6 is also expected to appear in 2027.
CXL is the focus of the development of data centers. The scale of the CXL connection memory from 2024 to 2029 is expectedEssence
This year, about half of the servers will support CXL, and it is expected that the support rate of 2028-2029 will reach 99 %.
The second -generation AMD Versal Premium series is for this reason. Through faster hosting, faster and more memory, and more coherent interfaces, Yang Yes development needsEssence
Since there is a second-generation AMD Versal Premium series, it naturally has the first generation and has been produced for one year.
The second -generation product is fully inherited, and almost all of the first generation of design has been reused, and it has been upgraded and innovated for I/O, transit, memory storage, and host interfaces.
This development model based on mass production verification and expansion and upgrade can reduce the risk of integrating new architecture modules and ensure the rapid development and deployment of new products.
At the same time, the manufacturing process has been upgraded from the first generation of 7nm to 6 nanometer.
But it should be noted that the second -generation AMD Versal Premium series will not directly replace the first generation, but coexist to meet users with different needs.
Here is the main innovation of the second-generation AMD Versal Premium series.Detailed introduction.
Pay attention to the DSP computing density, and achieve higher the computing power per square millimeter DSP (that is, performance density).
It also introduces a new transceiver to support very extensive protocols, covering the lowest line speed of 1.25Gbps, up to 128Gbps.
In terms of I/O, it has added support for high-speed MIPI C-Phy 10Gbps and D-Phy 4.5Gbps interfaces.
Internal architecture distributed map, you can see the core of two ARM Cortex-A72 application processors, two ARM Cortex-R5F real-time real-time real-time real-timeThe core of the processor.
The network IP part is very rich. It integrates 100G multi -rate Ethernet core, 600G Ethernet core, 400G high -speed encryption engine.
PCIE 6.0 standards were officially released as early as 2022, but it takes some time to land commercial use. The second-generation AMD Versal Premium has taken the lead in taking the leadIntroduce support.
It integrates two configurable protocol modules (CPM6), supports dual -road PCIE 6.0 X8 connection, and has CXL. Each one -way bandwidth is as highIt is 128GB/s.
PCIe 6.0 can be used as a high -performance connection channel between accelerators and hosts to meet the enumeration time requirements.
GTM2 transceiver is also an important new feature. It can be combined with the two transceivers GTM and GTM1 above the first generation of products.need.
The data rate supported by GTM2 is very extensive. It can from 1.25Gbps to 128Gbps. At the same time, it supports NRZ and PAM4 encoding. The highest efficiency can reach 7pj/bit.
At the same time, AMD retains the design process that the developer is very familiar with, can easily use GTM2, and ensure the reliability of the entire process.
AMD this upgrade supports the new generation of high-speed memory DDR5-6400, LPDDR5X-8533, compared to the previous generations of DDR4-3200, LPDDR4X-4266, the rate and bandwidth have doubled, while the power consumption drops up to 20-30 %.
Safety has also been greatly enhanced. DDR5 and LPDDR5X are all built ECC, and AES-XTS secure encryption can greatly strengthen the security in the data transmission process.
CXL 3.1 memory expansion module is also very critical. The storage interface specifically designed for CXL 3.1 can be designed.DRAM is compatible.
For example, using LPDDR5X memory can achieve a bandwidth of up to 256-bit 8.5Gbps, and the two 8X CXL connection bandwidth can reach 64 GB/s.
Through this architecture, the bandwidth of the external memory can exceed 500Gbps.
In terms of network, the second generation AMD Versal Premium has the worlds only 400G high-speed encryption engine based on flexible response platform, with a maximum linear throughput reaching up to up to up to up to reaches up800Gbps.
It also has AES-GCM-128/256 plus density security engine, while security supports MacSec and IPSEC.
When it comes to security, under the changing security situation, data security has become increasingly important.
The second -generation AMD Versal Premium provides a full set of PCIE IDE (host interface), high -speed encryption engine, DDR internal encryption and ECC technology.In use, it is very safe.
In particular, it is worth mentioning that the AMD Versal Premium adaptive SOC and AMD EPYC CPU can form a very good synergy.
For example, PCIE can provide high -performance connections between the two, which can be used to uninstall computing, network and storage workload.
For example, a very coherent interface allows the two to share memory space, thereby reducing shelving memory.
plus PCIE IDE, memory encryption, etc., the data can achieve real end -end security.
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CXL 3.1 can expand and release more memory, and it can also provide high -performance memory interfaces.
Especially CXL 3.1 uses a new generation of PCIe Gen 6, compared to CXL 2.0 to achieve twice the bandwidth, and it can also be easily integrated with existing software with NUMA.
The operation mode supports CXL.IO, CXL.MEM, CXL.CACHE. The device mode can be used as the controller of the memory, or the host mode, thereby connecting the CXL expansion module moduleEssence
In terms of use cases, it supports multi-host single-logic device (MH-SLD) architecture and systematic combination.
Many customers will buy and deploy GPU computing clusters, but the standard network interface may not be able to support the performance and flexibility of GPU.
The second -generation AMD Versal Premium can provide high bandwidth and flexibility to meet the application needs in this area.
In fact, many years ago, AMD Virtex UltraScale+, and last generation of Versal Premium last year, they were all supported, but there were only two 100G and two 200G retention, and now the second second is now the second.AMD Versal Premium series can support two 400G interfaces on a single network adapter.
In the field of testing and measurement, everyone is very interested in developing devices such as PCIE 7.0Instrument, but it requires 128 GBPS transceiver.
These applications attach great importance to the DSP engine, memory bandwidth and other interface capabilities on the chip, which is also supported by the second -generation AMD Versal Premium series.
AMD provides a unified design environment VIVADO for all Versal devices, and every time it is released, it supports full series of products.
The second-generation AMD Versal Premium series products are divided into four different models, with different specifications.
For example, the logic unit ranges from more than 1.4 million to more than 32 million, the DPS engine ranges from more than 3300 to more than 7,600, GTM2 device from 32 to 72No, the memory, 100G/600G Ethernet MAC, 400G high -speed encryption engine, LDPC decoder, etc. also have different.
In common, there are dual -core A72 (48+32KB L1/1MB L2), dual -core R5F (32+32kb L1), and 256kb tablets.
The second-generation AMD Versal Premium series has provided developers with early documentation, and the power estimation tool will be provided within the fourth quarter.Provide AMD Vivado tool support.
Provide chip samples and development kits in the first half of 2026, and officially invested mass production in mid -2026.
AMD continues to provide up to 15 years of life cycle support.
