Xilinx Versal AI Edge

Xilinx says that its upcoming Versal AI Edge series of chips will provide four times greater AI performance per watt versus Nvidia’s top GPU for edge computing, the Jetson AGX Xavier. The company recently announced the new series of chips, which is called the “world’s most scalable and adaptable portfolio for next-generation distributed intelligent systems.” Xilinx says it will deliver a major performance-per-watt advantage over GPUs thanks in part to a new AI Engine architecture that provides four times greater machine learning compute than the previous generation. Also contributing to Versal AI Edge’s competitiveness is a new accelerator RAM module with enhanced memory hierarchy. The new chips will be fully software-programmable and target applications ranging from automated driving and collaborative robotics to predictive factory and healthcare systems.