Overview
On-Board Processing and On-Orbit Reconfiguration
OBP demands high-performance and high-density logic integration. Protocols and applications can change rapidly – true on-orbit reconfiguration with AMD FPGAs is the solution.
Space Market Trends Enabled by AMD Solutions
AMD enables rapid growth in digital processing payload applications such as high resolution optical and radar imaging, high bandwidth communications, and science data processing. AI inferencing and SIMD vector processing is supported alongside conventional scalar processing and DSP techniques.
Qualified Parts Available
AMD rad-hard and rad-tolerant reconfigurable FPGAs give designers robust, qualified devices that meet the performance, reliability, and lifecycle demands of space.
World-Class Software-Development Tools
AMD offers software tools to facilitate your space designs. Learn more about AMD Vivado™ design tools and Vitis™ AI to determine which development tool is best for you.
Product News
Applications
Navigation
Solution with unlimited reprogramming cycles from AMD allows increased lifetimes far beyond 10 years for system navigation satellites that provide autonomous geo-spatial positioning. Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers require high speed processing which can be enabled by high compute SRAM FPGAs.
New Space / Space 2.0
The commercialization of space has led to a wealth of new opportunities. AMD offers scalable solutions to cover New Space applications. The ability to deliver qualified, off-the-shelf devices can help maximize time-to-market, and makes AMD a perfect choice for New Space designs.
Communication
Transponders powered by AMD technology offer high reliability with maximized performance. The On-Board Processing capability of space-grade FPGAs simplifies the ground station signal handling by performing digitalization of data and beamforming in orbit.
Earth Observation
Increasing need of Earth Observation satellites to process high resolution optical images or radar sensory data can be resolved with highly adaptive compute AMD FPGAs. Onboard image compression real-time preprocessing requires a high number of DSPs.
Deep Space
With a strong heritage in Deep Space adoption, AMD continues to deliver capable technology for applications beyond Earth’s orbit. Take advantage of the technology, IP, and Partner ecosystem from AMD to help maximize your innovation.
Radiation
Mitigating Space Radiation Effects
AMD space grade products are built, tested, characterized, and specified to have a known performance in a space radiation environment. AMD offers TMR technology and an architecture designed to mitigate effects caused by radiation.
Radiation Defense Across All Orbits and Beyond
AMD radiation-hardened (RH) and radiation-tolerant (RT), reconfigurable FPGAs and adaptive SoCs give designers robust, qualified devices that can meet the performance, reliability, and lifecycle demands of space. AMD performs and reports extensive radiation characterization, including total ionizing dose (TID) and single event effects (SEE) in proton and heavy ion environments. All test methods, results and conclusions are completed in accordance with relevant industry and government standards with the collaboration of our customers and the scientific communities. Additional radiation characterization is performed and reported by the AMD Radiation Test Consortium (XRTC). Visit the XRTC wiki for latest information. Visit the AMD Space Secure Site for detailed radiation reports.
Device-Specific Radiation Data
- AMD Versal™ XQR Adaptive SoCs
- RT AMD Kintex™ UltraScale™ FPGA
- RH AMD Virtex™ 5QV FPGA
- RT AMD Virtex™ 4QV FPGA
AMD Versal XQR Adaptive SoCs
AMD Versal Adaptive SoCs combine application processors, real-time processors, and vector processors with traditional FPGA resources such as programmable logic fabric, DSP resources, and embedded memory. Radiation tolerance data for AMD Versal XQR Adaptive SoC devices are shown in the table below.
| Symbol | Description | Min |
Typ |
Max |
Units |
TID |
Total Ionizing Dose (GEO) |
- |
100 |
120 |
Krad (Si) |
SEL |
Single Event Latch-Up Immunity |
- |
80 |
- |
MeV-cm2/mg |
SEUCRAM |
Single Event Upset in Configuration RAM (GEO) |
- |
6.5e-12 |
- |
Upset/bit/day |
SEUBRAM |
Single Event Upset in Block RAM (GEO) |
- |
9.4e-10 |
- |
Upset/bit/day |
SEFICRAM |
Single Event Functional Interrupt Orbital Upset Frequency – Configuration RAM (GEO) |
- |
1.3e-5 |
- |
SEFI/device/day |
RT AMD Kintex UltraScale FPGA
The RT AMD Kintex UltraScale device uses more than 40 proprietary, patented circuit design and layout techniques to reduce the SEU cross-section. The table below lists radiation characteristics for the RT Kintex UltraScale device.
Symbol |
Description |
Min |
Max |
Units |
|
TID |
Total Ionizing Dose (GEO) |
- |
100 |
120 |
Krad (Si) |
SEL |
Single Event Latch-Up Immunity |
- |
80 |
- |
MeV-cm2/mg |
SEUCRAM |
Single Event Upset in Configuration RAM (GEO) |
- |
1.0e-8 |
- |
Upset/bit/day |
SEUBRAM |
Single Event Upset in Block RAM (GEO) |
- |
8.5e-9 |
- |
Upset/bit/day |
SEFICRAM |
Single Event Functional Interrupt Orbital Upset Frequency – Configuration RAM (GEO) |
- |
4.5e-4 |
- |
Upset/device/day |
RH AMD Virtex 5QV FPGA
The RH Virtex™ 5QV FPGA is guaranteed for total ionizing dose (TID) life and single-event latch-up (SEL) immunity. The table below lists the radiation tolerances for the Virtex 5QV device.
Symbol |
Description |
Min |
Typical |
Max |
Units |
TID |
Total Ionizing Dose |
1 |
- |
- |
Mrad (Si) |
SEL |
Single Event Latch-Up Immunity |
100 |
- |
- |
MeV-cm2/mg |
SEFI |
Single Event Functional Interrupt (GEO) |
- |
2.76e-7 |
- |
Upset/device/day |
SEUCFG |
Single Event Upset in Configuration Memory (GEO) |
- |
3.8e-10 |
- |
Upset/bit/day |
RT AMD Virtex 4QV FPGA
RT Virtex 4QV FPGA is guaranteed for total ionizing dose (TID) life and single-event latch-up (SEL) immunity. The following table lists the radiation tolerance data for the AMD Virtex 4QV device.
Symbol |
Description |
Min |
Typical |
Max |
Units |
TID |
Total Ionizing Dose |
300 |
- |
- |
Krad (Si) |
SEL |
Single Event Latch-Up Immunity |
100 |
- |
- |
MeV-cm2/mg |
SEFI |
Single Event Functional Interrupt (GEO) |
- |
1.5e-6 |
- |
Upset/device/day |
Portfolio
Partner Solutions
Partner |
Description |
Contact |
Alpha Data |
With a rich history in FPGA deployment in diverse areas on land, at sea and in the air, Alpha Data has supported the Space market through design services and development platforms in deployable formats for RT Kintex UltraScale FPGA and Versal Adaptive SoCs. |
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Avalanche Technology |
Reliable, rapid boot with pin-compatible MRAM densities 64Mb to 8Gb allows in situ FPGA/ACAP updates and multi-mission adaptability, all while leveraging the most streamlined hardware and software architectures for optimized SWaP. |
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Frontgrade |
Frontgrade Technologies provides Versal-based 3U SpaceVPX Processing Cards and a reliable space-grade ecosystem spanning 18GB DDR4, 8Gb DQSPI MRAM, 4Tb NAND Flash, M0+ Microcontrollers, 10Gb Ethernet PHY, LVDS repeaters, GaN DC-DC Converters, Scrubbers, and Fault-Tolerant IP |
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Infineon Technologies |
High speed QDR/Async SRAM and Rad Hard/Tolerant Boot configuration memory, complete portfolio of new space memories. |
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Renesas Electronics |
Renesas is a global semiconductor company delivering complete semiconductor solutions that enable billions of connected intelligent devices. With a focus on supporting extreme temperatures and no-downtime environments, our broad radiation hardened portfolio in power management, analog, mixed-signal and RF is a trusted choice. |
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Spacechips |
AI-Enabled, Versal-based space reference transponder for prototyping and launch |
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STAR-Dundee |
STAR-Dundee provides a comprehensive range of SpaceWire and SpaceFibre test and development equipment. STAR-Dundee works with AMD on the radiation testing of FPGA SerDes and SpaceFibre IP cores, assessing and demonstrating how SpaceFibre enhances the native radiation tolerance of FPGA SerDes to deliver high-reliability and high-availability interconnect. |
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Teledyne Technologies |
Teledyne e2v Space qualified, high-performance, low-power data converters offer direct conversion up to Ka-band frequencies. With 10-bit ADCs capable of sampling rates up to 12.8 GSps and 12-bit DAC capable of sampling rates up to 12 GSps and support for multi-channel operation, they provide excellent SFDR performance. Designed for Space and Defense applications, our data converters optimize power consumption (as low as 2.5W) while ensuring superior performance. |
Processing and memory solutions: hotline-std@teledyne.com Data converters: gre-hotline-bdc@teledyne.com |
Texas Instruments |
TI’s radiation tolerant and radiation hardened power ICs are optimized for high reliability and power density. Our power products, system designs and detailed documentation help meet accuracy, thermal and radiation requirements, including generating less heat, increased efficiency and reduced system footprint. We offer scalable FPGA power reference designs for any mission profile, from LEO (rad-tolerant Space Enhanced plastic) to GEO (rad-hard QML-V and QML-P) across a wide range of AMD FPGAs. |
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3D PLUS |
3D PLUS is a leading supplier of radiation-tolerant, high-density components. Our product range includes memory, computer cores, interfaces, power solutions, protection ICs, camera heads, camera systems, and custom SiP solutions. With over 220,000 components in space and more than 25 years of flight heritage, 3D PLUS serves the global space industry for various applications. |
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