The AMD Versal Prime VM2152 adaptive SoC is designed as a mid-range device for high-speed connectivity, with 112 Gbps transceivers and 600 GbE networking in a power-efficient package. It balances programmable logic with hardened IP blocks to simplify the design of high-throughput systems used in wired communications, aerospace, and test and measurement, without the higher power and complexity of high-end FPGAs.
Compared to the AMD Versal Prime VP1902, the VM2152 focuses more on I/O performance rather than raw logic density. While the VP1902 offers more logic cells, the VM2152 adds support for LPDDR5 memory up to 6400 Mb/s and includes a 400 Gbps High-Speed Crypto engine, making it suitable for faster, more secure data processing than Agilex 7.
AMD Versal Prime VM2152 specifications:
- Processor Subsystem
- APU – Dual-core Arm Cortex-A72 with 48 KB / 32 KB L1 Cache (with parity & ECC) and 1 MB L2 Cache (with ECC)
- Real-time Processing Unit (RPU) – Dual-core Arm Cortex-R5F with 32 KB / 32 KB L1 Cache and 256 KB TCM (with 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 – Up to 10 Gb/s MIPI C-PHY and 4.5 Gb/s D-PHY for advanced sensor and camera module testing
- 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) Hard IP (Full Duplex)
- 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), supporting up to 4x 112 Gb/s connections when 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
- Industrial – -40°C to +100°C (-1MSI, -1MLI, -1LSI, -1LLI, -2MSI, -2MLI, -2LLI, -2HSI)
- Extended – 0°C to +100°C (-1MSE, -1LSE, -2MSE, -2MLE, -2LSE, -2LLE)
The SoC is supported by the AMD Vivado Design Suite for hardware design and the AMD Vitis unified software platform for software development. You can run embedded Linux (PetaLinux) or bare-metal code on the Arm Cortex-A72 cores.
The programmable logic (FPGA fabric) and DSP blocks are used to create custom hardware accelerators, allowing you to offload compute-intensive tasks from the CPU and execute them directly in hardware. Using tools like AMD Vivado Design Suite and pre-built AMD IP cores, these blocks can be configured for high-speed, low-latency operations such as signal processing, data streaming, and networking workloads.
To simplify the development process, AMD has released the VMK180 Evaluation Kit based on the Versal Prime VM1802 adaptive SoC with 1.96M logic cells and 1,968 DSP engines. The kit also comes with 8GB DDR4 (removable) and 8GB LPDDR4 (soldered on the PCB) memory, PCIe Gen4 x8, FMC+ expansion connectors, and multiple networking interfaces, including RJ-45, SFP28, and QSFP28. It also features HDMI input/output, USB-to-UART, CAN-FD support, MicroSD storage, and a wide range of programmable clocks, along with bundled tools like Vivado and Vitis for hardware and software development.
Although it uses the VM1802, it shares the same architecture as the newer AMD Versal Prime VM2152 adaptive SoC, including Arm Cortex-A72/R5F cores, NoC, and support for Vivado and Vitis tools. This allows developers to prototype designs on the VMK180 and later move to the VM2152 for higher-speed features like 112 Gb/s transceivers, LPDDR5-6400, and 400 Gb/s crypto.
The AMD Versal Prime VM2152 adaptive SoC is now available on DigiKey, with pricing typically ranging from around $6,000 to $8,500+, depending on speed grade, package, and volume. The AMD Versal Prime Series VMK180 Evaluation Kit is also available from DigiKey for $10,316.40 or can be purchased directly from AMD for $9,345.00, with a minimum order quantity of 15 units. More information is available on the product page and press release.
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