AMD has announced that it is sampling its Versal AI Core XQRVC1902 adaptive SoC with early-access customers in a new enhanced space-grade package designed for demanding space missions.
The new package is designed to support missions lasting up to 15 years, bringing programmable logic and AI processing capabilities to spacecraft and other space systems where reliability and long-term operation are critical. AMD Newsroom
AMD says the device is being tested toward MIL-PRF-38535 Class Y qualification, a high-reliability standard for spaceflight components. The package uses an enhanced organic substrate and conservative design rules intended to reduce thermal and mechanical stresses that spacecraft electronics can experience in space.
The XQR Versal AI Core combines programmable logic with processing capabilities that can be used for in-orbit data processing and AI workloads. This can help spacecraft process information closer to where it is generated instead of relying entirely on ground-based systems.
AMD is currently providing the enhanced-package version to early-access customers for sampling. The company expects Class Y flight-qualified units to become available in the second half of 2027. AMD Newsroom
The announcement highlights the growing role of AI-capable computing in space, where onboard processing can be important for missions that need to analyze sensor data, make decisions and operate efficiently despite limited communication bandwidth with Earth.
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