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July 6, 2026July 6, 2026 by Debashis Das - No Comments

AMD Versal Premium Gen 2 MoP adaptive SoC integrates 32GB LPDDR5X to shrink board footprint by 60%

AMD has announced the Versal Premium Gen 2 Memory-on-Package (MoP) adaptive SoCs, adding an integrated memory option to the Premium Gen 2 family, a topic we covered back in November 2024. While the core silicon (dual-core Cortex-A72 + dual-core Cortex-R5F + high-end FPGA fabric) remains the same, the new devices (2VP3422, 2VP3522, and 2VP3622) integrate up to 32 GB of LPDDR5X memory directly inside the package. This removes the need for external high-speed memory on the board and reduces PCB area by up to 60%. This also eliminates high-speed memory routing on the carrier board, increasing the maximum memory bandwidth to 288 GB/s. AMD Versal Premium Gen2 MoP specifications: CPU cores Dual-core Arm Cortex-A72 application core, 48 KB/32 KB L1 Cache w/ parity & ECC; 1 MB L2 Cache w/ ECC Dual-core Arm Cortex R5F, 32 KB/32 KB L1 Cache, and 256 KB TCM w/ECC Memory on Package 32 GB of LPDDR5X DRAM […]

June 9, 2026 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - No Comments

Altera Agilex 9 Direct RF-Series AGRW039 SoC FPGA targets high-performance RF systems

Altera’s wideband Agilex 9 Direct RF-Series AGRW039 SoC FPGA is designed for high-performance Radio Frequency (RF) systems in aerospace, defense, and advanced communications systems. It is the fourth device in Altera’s Agilex 9 Direct RF-Series, and compared to the previous generation AGRW027, the new AGRW039 delivers about 45% more logic resources, 45% more DSP resources, and 43% more block RAM. It also integrates a 64Gsps wideband RF, a hard quad-core Cortex-A53 processor, and supports DDR5 and LPDDR5 memory. Agilex 9 Direct RF AGRW039 SoC FPGA key features and specifications: Hardware CPU – Quad-core Arm Cortex-A53 processor @ up to 1.41 GHz FPGA fabric 3.9M logic elements (LEs) 1.3M adaptive logic modules (ALMs) 18,960 M20K memory Blocks 370 Mb M20K memory Size 65,280 MLAB memory count 40 Mb MLAB memory size 24,600 18×19 multipliers 12,300 DSP/AI blocks Single Precision – 18.4 TFLOPS Memory I/F – DDR5, LPDDR5, DDR4 Peripherals PS – […]

March 15, 2026March 15, 2026 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 8 Comments

AERIS-10 open-source hardware radar can track multiple objects up to 20km away

AERIS-10 is an open-source hardware, “low-cost” (more on that later) 10.5 GHz phased array radar system featuring Pulse Linear Frequency Modulated (LFM) modulation and based on an AMD Artix-7 FPGA. Two versions are available: the AERIS-10N (Nexus), providing up to 3km range with an 8×16 patch antenna array, and the AERIS-10X (Extended), offering up to 20km range thanks to a 32×16 dielectric-filled slotted waveguide array. ARIES-10 key components and features: Main board FPGA – AMD Artix-7 XC7A100T for: PLFM Chirps generation via the DAC Raw ADC data read Automatic Gain Control (AGC) I/Q Baseband Down-Conversion Decimation Filtering Forward FFT Pulse Compression Doppler, MTI, and CFAR processing USB Interface MCU – ST STM32F746xx microcontroller for Power management FPGA communication Setup and interface with the components on the main, frequency synthesizer, and power amplifier boards, plus: GPS module for GUI map centering GY-85 IMU for pitch/roll correction of target coordinates BMP180 Barometer […]

March 12, 2026 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - No Comments

COM HPC Mini-sized VersaLogic Raptor “Embedded Processing Unit” features 13th gen Intel Core i5-1345URE or Processor U300E SoC

VersaLogic Raptor (VL-EPU-5530) Embedded Processing Unit is powered by a 13th Gen Intel Core i5-1345URE or Processor U300E SoC and designed for high-performance computing applications in harsh environments with a -40 to +85°C temperature range and MIL-STD-202H shock and vibration qualification. The COM HPC Mini-sized (95 x 80 x 36mm) board supports up to 64 GB of soldered-down LPDDR5 memory, features vertical USB4, USB 3.0 Type-A, and mini DisplayPort connectors, two 2.5 Gbps Ethernet ports with TSN support, and three M.2 expansion sockets for NVMe SSDs, AI accelerators, or other expansion modules. Specifications: Raptor Lake SoC (one or the other) Intel Processor U300E 5-core/6-thread processor with 1x P-core @ 1.1 GHz / 4.3 GHz (Turbo) 4x E-cores up to 3.2 GHz (Turbo), 8MB Cache, 48EU Intel UHD Graphics up to 1.1 GHz; PBP: 15W Intel Core i5-1345URE 10-core/12-thread processor with 2x P-cores @ 1.4 GHz / 4.6 GHz (Turbo), 8x […]

July 17, 2025 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 8 Comments

P250Q-M80 M.2 NVMe SSD supports one-click data destruction by software or hardware (smoke involved)

Team Group P250Q-M80 is a PCIe Gen4 x4 M.2 SSD with up to 2TB capacity and a rather unique feature: one-click data destruction with software or hardware method. If you press a button for 5 to 10 seconds, the software method is triggered, and the SSD automatically wipes out all data. A longer 10-second or over press triggers the hardware method, which applies high voltage to the SSD to self-destruct a la Mission: Impossible with smoke and all. P250Q-M80 specifications: Host Interface – PCIe Gen4 x4, M-Key Flash Type – 3D TLC Capacity – 256GB, 512GB, 1TB, and 2TB Sequential R/W – Up to 7,000 / 5,500MB/s Features – TRIM and SMART support; no thermal sensor, no external DRAM buffer Max. Power consumption – 1358mA @ 3.3V Dimensions – 80 x 22 x 3.5 mm Temperature Range – Operating: 0°C to +70°C; storage: -55°C to +95°C Humidity – 5% ~ […]

April 8, 2025April 8, 2025 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 1 Comment

Aerium Lumen – An NVIDIA Jetson carrier board for drones and robots

Aerium System’s Lumen is a carrier board for NVIDIA Jetson SO-DIMM modules designed specifically for drones and robots with a range of low-profile connectors for I/Os for USB, UART, I2C, etc…, and three M.2 sockets for storage and wireless expansion. It targets the same applications as ARK Electronics’ NDAA-compliant Jetson Orin Nano/NX carrier board for drones we covered last year, but it’s not sold as a full kit and lacks NDAA-compliance. On the positive side, it is quite smaller and lighter, so it might be better suited to smaller and/or less complex drones or robots that may still benefit from Vision AI acceleration. Aerium Lumen specifications: Compatible system-on-modules NVIDIA Jetson Nano NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano NVIDIA Jetson Xavier NX NVIDIA Jetson TX2 NX Potentially other Jetson-compatible SO-DIMM modules like the Mixtile Core 3588E, but those are not listed by the company. Storage MicroSD card slot M.2 Key-B […]

January 12, 2025January 12, 2025 by Debashis Das - 13 Comments

GuRu’s modular wireless power transfer system can power a drone indefinitely

California-based company GuRu Wireless has recently developed and showcased a scalable and modular wireless power transfer system that is capable of delivering power to a high-power device up to several kilowatts, such as a drone, from up to 30 feet away (a little over 9 meters). They also mention that the system can power low-power devices, like LEDs and consumer electronics, over distances of several kilometers. It’s quite an extension to the GuRu’s desk-range wireless power evaluation kit we covered in 2020. The system uses 24 GHz high-frequency millimeter-wave radio signals to deliver energy over long distances without needing batteries or tethered systems. GuRu’s system uses a phased array transmitter with proprietary RFICs, to precisely deliver power to the receiver called the Recovery Unit (RU). In a recent demonstration video, GuRu Wireless showcased their wireless power transfer system by powering a drone from 30 feet away, operating it continuously for […]

December 13, 2024 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - No Comments

AMD Versal RF Series adaptive SoCs target 6G wireless, aerospace, and electronics test equipment

AMD Versal RF series adaptive system-on-chips (SoCs) combines Arm Cortex-A72 and Cortex-R5F hard cores with FPGA fabric and direct radio frequency (RF)-sampling data converters for pre-6G systems, wireless 6G testers, aerospace and defense applications like radars, and electronics test equipment such as multi-channel testers, oscilloscopes, and wideband spectrum analyzers. Built upon the Xilinx Zynq RFSoC devices, the AMD Versal RF Series supports wideband-spectrum with high-resolution thanks to up to sixteen 18 GHz, 14-bit RF ADCs with up to 32 GSPS and sixteen 14-bit RFV DACs up to 16 GSPS, and delivers 80 TOPS of DSP performance in a size, weight, and power (SWaP)-optimized design. The chips also integrate hard IP such as DDR5 memory controllers, 600 Gbps Ethernet, PCIe Gen5 x4, and various high-speed transceivers. AMD Versal RF Series adaptive SoCs key features and specifications: Processing System Application Processing Unit (APU) – Dual-core Arm Cortex-A72 with 48 KB/32 KB L1 […]