SAN JOSE, Calif., June 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Xilinx, Inc.
(NASDAQ: XLNX), the leader in adaptive and intelligent computing,
today announced that it has shipped Versal™ AI Core series and
Versal Prime series devices to multiple tier one customers through
the company's early access program. Versal is the industry's first
adaptive compute acceleration platform (ACAP), a revolutionary new
category of heterogeneous compute devices with capabilities that
far exceed those of conventional CPUs, GPUs, and FPGAs.
An ACAP is a highly integrated, multicore, heterogeneous compute
platform that can be changed at both the hardware and software
levels to dynamically adapt to the needs of a wide range of
applications and workloads in data center, automotive, 5G wireless,
wired and defense markets. Built from the ground-up to be natively
software programmable, the Versal ACAP architecture features a
flexible, multi-terabit per-second network-on-chip (NoC). The NoC
seamlessly integrates all engines and key interfaces, making the
platform available at boot and easily programmed by software
developers, data scientists and hardware developers alike. Through
a host of tools, software, libraries, IP, middleware, and
frameworks, ACAPs enable dynamically customizable accelerated
computing solutions through industry-standard design flows.
"Having our first Versal ACAP silicon back from TSMC ahead of
schedule and shipping to early access customers is a historic
milestone and engineering accomplishment. It is the culmination of
many years of software and hardware investments and everything
we've learned about architectures over the past 35 years," said
Victor Peng, president and CEO of
Xilinx. "The Versal ACAP is a major technology disruption and will
help spark a new era of heterogeneous compute acceleration for any
application and any developer."
Developed in TSMC's 7-nanometer process technology, the Versal
ACAP portfolio is the first platform to combine software
programmability with dynamically configurable domain-specific
hardware acceleration and the adaptability to enable businesses to
keep up with today's rapid pace of innovation. A mix of
next-generation scalar engines for embedded compute, adaptable
engines for FPGA silicon programmability, and intelligent engines
for AI inference and advanced signal processing deliver dramatic
improvements in raw performance and performance per watt compared
to CPU and GPU implementations.
The Versal AI Core series delivers the portfolio's highest
compute and lowest latency, enabling breakthrough AI inference
throughput and performance through the AI Engine. The series is
optimized for cloud, networking and autonomous technology, offering
the highest range of AI and workload acceleration available in the
industry. The Versal Prime series is designed for broad
applicability across multiple markets and is optimized for
connectivity and in-line acceleration of a diverse set of
workloads.
Both the Versal AI Core series and Versal Prime series include
multiple devices, each with dual-core Arm® Cortex®-A72 application
processors, dual-core Arm Cortex-R5F real-time processors, over 2
million logic cells of adaptable hardware, and over 3,000 DSP
engines optimized for high-precision floating point and low
latency. Versal AI Core devices offer up to 400 AI Engines
optimized for AI inference and advanced signal processing
workloads.
The Versal portfolio includes four additional series of devices,
each uniquely architected to deliver scalability and AI inference
capabilities for a host of applications across diverse markets,
from cloud and networking to wireless communications, edge
computing, and endpoints.
General Availability:
The Versal AI Core and Versal
Prime series will be generally available in the second half of
2019.
Come see Versal ACAP in action via live product demonstrations
at the Xilinx Developer Forum (XDF) 2019, taking place October 1-2, at the Fairmont Hotel in
San Jose, Calif.
Versal ACAP Video Series:
Xilinx has developed a
video series highlighting many of the Versal ACAP's unique and
innovative features, including a quick overview video and ones
focused on the AI Engine, Network-on-Chip, PCI Express and
more. Additional information, including product images of the
Versal AI Core series and Versal Prime series devices, is also
available in an online media kit.
Visit our website for more information on Versal,
the AI Engine, and the Versal AI Core and Versal
Prime series. For more information on Xilinx and its
breakthrough technologies, please visit www.xilinx.com. Follow
Xilinx on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook.
About Xilinx
Xilinx develops highly flexible and
adaptive processing platforms that enable rapid innovation across a
variety of technologies – from the endpoint to the edge to the
cloud. Xilinx is the inventor of the FPGA, hardware programmable
SoCs, and the ACAP, designed to deliver the most dynamic processor
technology in the industry and enable the adaptable, intelligent
and connected world of the future. For more information, visit
www.xilinx.com.
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