About the Versal™ AI Edge Gen2 (Payload Profile) category

Here is a brief overview and forum discussion guide for the Versal™ AI Edge Gen 2 (Payload Profile) category:

Category: AMD Versal™ AI Edge Series Gen 2 (Payload Profiles / SOSA™ / VPX / SoM)

This category covers next-generation, high-density adaptive compute boards, 3U OpenVPX (SOSA™-aligned payload profiles like SLT3-PAY-1F1U1S1S1U1U4F1J-*), and System-on-Modules (SoMs) built on the AMD Versal™ AI Edge Gen 2 Adaptive SoC family (e.g., 2VE3858 / 2VE3804 / 2VE3558 devices).

Positioned as the successor to standard MPSoC/Versal Gen 1 architecture, Gen 2 combines all three processing phases—Preprocessing, AI Inference, and Postprocessing—onto a single silicon die. It integrates high-performance CPUs, real-time cores, upgraded AI Engine-ML v2 tiles, hardware-hardened Image Signal Processors (ISPs), and programmable logic.

Key Highlights

  • Heterogeneous Single-Chip Compute:

    • Application Processing Unit (APU): Up to 8x Arm® Cortex®-A78AE cores (up to 2.2 GHz) providing massive scalar CPU compute (over 3x the performance of Cortex-A53).

    • Real-Time Processing Unit (RPU): Up to 10x Arm® Cortex®-R52 cores for safety-critical, low-latency control (ASIL D / SIL 3 capable) .

    • AI Engines: Up to 144 AIE-ML v2 tiles supporting new numeric formats (FP8, FP16, MX6, MX9) for up to 3x performance/watt gains over Gen 1 AI E.

  • Hardened Vision & Graphics Accelerators:

    • Hardened ISP Tiles: Live multi-camera streaming (>1 Gpix/s throughput per tile) to process raw CMOS image sensor data without burning programmable logic resourc es.

    • Graphics & Video: Integrated 4-core Arm Mali™-G78AE GPU and hardened 4K60 Video Codec Units (VC Us).

  • Extreme Memory & High-Speed Connectivity:

    • System Memory: High-bandwidth LPDDR5X (up to 8533 Mb/s) and DDR5 (up to 6400 Mb/s) control lers.

    • High-Speed Transceivers: PCIe Gen5 support, 100G multirate Ethernet, and 32G GTYP transce ivers.

Please find the detailed product information here:
Versal™ AI Edge Gen2 3U VPX Plug-in Module (Payload Profile)