World’s Largest FPGA-Based Adaptive SoC

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The Versal Premium SoC integrates FPGA-based emulation and prototyping, delivering high performance, rapid debugging, support for 60B+ gate designs, and a comprehensive set of tools.

AMD has launched the Versal Premium VP1902 system-on-chip (SoC), recognised as the largest adaptive SoC globally. The SoC utilises chipset-based technology to enhance the verification process for intricate semiconductor designs. With double the capacity compared to its predecessor, this advanced solution empowers designers to drive innovation and validate application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) and SoC designs. FPGA-based emulation and prototyping offer unparalleled performance, enabling accelerated silicon verification and empowering developers to start software development much earlier in the design cycle, even before silicon tape-out. With each generation, the capacity of these devices has nearly doubled, solidifying their position as the highest-capacity solutions available.

 The chip delivers 18.5 million logic cells with a 2X2 increase in programmable logic density and a 2X4 aggregate I/O bandwidth compared to the previous generation. The adaptive SoC utilises Versal architecture, including programmable network-on-chip, for up to 8 X 5 faster debugging than prior FPGA. The SoC includes features such as automated design closure assistance, interactive design tuning, remote multi-user real-time debugging, and improved back-end compilation, which enables end users to iterate IC designs faster. 

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Some of the key specifications of the SoC include:

• 2X^2 capacity with 18.5M logic cells
• 2X^3 I/O bandwidth for chip-to-chip interfacing
• 2.3X^4 transceiver bandwidth with 112G PAM-4
• Up to 2X^5 performance at the system level
• Versal architecture unlocks up to 8X^6 debug performance
• Scalable to support 60B+7 gate designs
• Co-optimised with Vivado design suite
• Novel place-and-route tuned for multi-SLR designs
• IP supporting debug and multi-device designs

“Delivering foundational compute technology to enable our customers is a top priority. In emulation and prototyping means delivering the highest capacity and performance possible,” said Kirk Saban, corporate vice president, Product, Software, & Solutions Marketing, Adaptive and Embedded Computing Group, AMD. “Chip designers can confidently emulate and prototype next-generation products using our VP1902 adaptive SoC, accelerating tomorrow’s innovations in AI, autonomous vehicles, Industry 5.0 and other emerging technologies.”

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