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HBM Shortages Push AMD To Roll Out Its First Memory On-Package SoC, Meet Versal Gen 2 With 60% Less Board Footprint, 10x Compute & PCIe6 Support

An AMD Versal Premium Gen 2 MoP chip is shown in a close-up view highlighting its design and branding.

AMD is releasing its first-ever SoCs with an on-package memory solution, the Versal Gen 2, which offers 10x compute uplift. AMD Versal Gen 2 Ditches HBM For LPDDR5X On-Package Memory, 15-Year Lifecycle & PCIe Gen6 Support [Editor’s Note] The release of Versal Gen 2 marks the first SoC from AMD to feature an on-package memory solution. Compared to Versal Gen 1, the move to LPDDR5X memory comes at a time when the entire tech industry is facing DRAM shortages, and with the prices of HBM products spiraling out of control, AMD is offering LPDDR5X memory on the package itself. There […]

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