The AMD Versal Prime VM2152 adaptive SoC serves as a mid-range solution tailored for high-speed connectivity, integrating 112 Gbps transceivers and 400 GbE networking within a power-efficient framework. This device optimizes a combination of programmable logic and hardened IP blocks, streamlining the creation of high-throughput systems in fields like wired communications, aerospace, and test and measurement, while avoiding the heightened power demands and complexity associated with high-end FPGAs.
In contrast to the AMD Versal Prime VP1902, the VM2152 is engineered with an emphasis on I/O performance rather than pure logic density. Although the VP1902 boasts a greater number of logic cells, the VM2152 incorporates support for LPDDR5 memory up to 6400 Mb/s and a 400 Gbps High-Speed Crypto engine, enabling speedier and more secure data processing compared to the Agilex 7.
Specifications of the AMD Versal Prime VM2152 include:
Processor Subsystem:
– APU: Dual-core Arm Cortex-A72 with 48 KB / 32 KB L1 Cache (parity & ECC) and 1 MB L2 Cache (ECC)
– RPU: Dual-core Arm Cortex-R5F with 32 KB / 32 KB L1 Cache and 256 KB TCM (ECC)
– On-Chip Memory: 256 KB with ECC
Programmable Logic and DSP:
– System Logic Cells: 757K
– LUTs: 346,112
– DSP Engines: 1,704
– Performance: 11.8 TOPS (INT8 Peak Performance)
Memory:
– 4x DDR5 memory controllers up to 6400 Mb/s for LPDDR5 and 5600 Mb/s for DDR5
– Block RAM: 27 Mbit
– UltraRAM: 54 Mbit
– PL Memory: 92 Mbit
Display/Camera: Supports up to 10 Gb/s MIPI C-PHY and 4.5 Gb/s D-PHY
Networking:
– 2x Gigabit Ethernet
– 2x 100 Gb/s Multirate Ethernet MAC
– 1x 600 Gb/s Ethernet MAC
USB: 1x USB 2.0
Security: 400 Gb/s High-Speed Crypto (HSC) Full Duplex Hard IP
Expansion:
– 2x PCIe Gen5x8 (with CPM5 DMA)
– 2x PCIe Gen5x4 (PL PCIE5)
– 2x UART, 2x SPI, 2x I2C, 2x CAN-FD
– 8x GTYP Transceivers
– 8x GTM Transceivers (58 Gb/s), capable of up to 4x 112 Gb/s connections combined
Packages:
– NFVD1024: 31 x 31 mm, 0.92 mm ball pitch
– NFVM1369: 35 x 35 mm, 0.92 mm ball pitch
– VSVD1760: 40×40 mm, 0.92 mm ball pitch
– VSVA2197: 45×45 mm, 0.92 mm ball pitch
Temperature Range:
– Industrial: -40°C to +100°C
– Extended: 0°C to +100°C
The AMD Vivado Design Suite and AMD Vitis unified software platform support the SoC for hardware and software development, enabling users to run embedded Linux or bare-metal code on the Arm Cortex-A72 cores. The SoC’s programmable logic and DSP blocks facilitate custom hardware accelerators, allowing for compute-intensive tasks to be offloaded from the CPU, and executed directly in hardware for high-speed, low-latency operations like signal processing and data streaming.
AMD also offers the VMK180 Evaluation Kit built on the Versal Prime VM1802 adaptive SoC, which shares architecture with the newer VM2152, allowing for prototyping designs on the VMK180 and transitioning to the VM2152 for advanced features. The AMD Versal Prime VM2152 is available on DigiKey, with prices ranging from $6,000 to $8,500+, and the VMK180 Evaluation Kit is available from DigiKey or directly from AMD. More details are accessible on the product page and press release.