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AMD Vivado 2025.1 Software Release Highlights

Enhancements to AMD Versal™ Adaptive SoC Design Flows 

AMD Vivado™ 2025.1 software comes with new device support including AMD Spartan™ UltraScale+™ FPGAs and AMD Versal™ AI Edge Series Gen 2 and Versal Prime Series Gen 2 adaptive SoCs. 

Unified Selective Device Installer for All Versal Devices
  • Reduces the Vivado software download size significantly
  • Enables users to select one or more devices, instead of an entire series 
Versal QoR Enhancements
  • Option to enable calibrated skew compensation to minimize local and global skews for Versal SSIT devices only ​​
  • Time-slice the QoS and bandwidth requirements with NoC multi-phase support 
Flexible Boot of Processing System in Versal Devices
  • Boot the processing system first and then dynamically load the programmable logic (PL) on the fly
  • Public access for all production Versal devices​
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Enabling faster design iterations and quickly meeting your FMAX targets

AMD Vivado™ is the design software for AMD adaptive SoCs and FPGAs. It includes: Design Entry, Synthesis, Place and Route, Verification/Simulation tools.

Learn how advanced features in Vivado design software helps hardware help designers reduce compile times and design iterations, while more accurately estimating power for AMD adaptive SoCs and FPGAs.

Advantages

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Meeting FMAX Targets

Achieving your FMAX target in a high-speed design is one of the most challenging phases of the hardware design cycle. Vivado brings unique features such as Report QoR Assessment (RQA), Report QoR Suggestions (RQS) and Intelligent Design Runs (IDR) –these features help you close timing. Using RQA, RQS and IDR will help converge on your performance goals in days instead of weeks resulting in huge productivity gains.

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Enable Faster Design Iterations

Design iterations are common as developers add new features and debug their designs. In many cases these iterations are incremental changes are within a small portion of the design. The Vivado Design Suite offers two key technologies that significantly reduce design iteration times: Incremental compile and Abstract Shell.

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Accurate Power Estimation

While designing Adaptive SoCs and FPGA, early and accurate power estimation is critical to driving crucial design decisions. Power Design Manager is a next generation power estimation tool engineered to provide accurate power estimation early in the design process for large and complex devices such as Versal and UltraScale+™ families. This tool was specifically designed to provide accurate power estimations for devices with multiple complex hard IP blocks.

Design Flows

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Design Entry & Implementation

Vivado supports traditional VHDL and Verilog as well as an IP integrator graphical design entry tool for plug-and-play integration. ​

The tool also features advanced synthesis and P&R capabilities, including machine learning, for best-in-class quality-of-results.

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Functional Verification​

Verification is critical to ensure the functionality and reliability of the design. Vivado provides a full-featured simulator with the latest HDL support , as well as verification IP to validate standard interfaces.

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ChipScope Hardware Debug

Vivado ChipScope provides a comprehensive hardware validation flow, maximizing visibility into programmable logic for debug during system operation.

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Dynamic Function eXchange

Dynamic Function eXchange (DFX) allows designers to dynamically modify sections of their designs on-the-fly. Designers can download partial bitstreams to their AMD devices while the remaining logic continues to operate. This opens a world of possibilities for real time design changes and performance enhancements. Dynamic Function eXchange allows designers to move to fewer or smaller devices, reduce power, and upgrade systems in real-time.

Platform Editions

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AMD Vivado Design Suite – Standard & Enterprise Editions 

Vivado Design Suite Standard Edition is a no-cost, device-limited version.Standard Edition Free

Vivado Design Suite Enterprise Edition includes support for all AMD devices.Buy Enterprise Edition Licensing

Testimonials

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Abstract Shell

“DFX and its features have enabled us to optimize our application performance without service disruptions. Using Abstract Shell we were able to reduce compile time through Vivado by two-thirds on average.”

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Block Design Container

"Block Design Container allowed us to reuse portions of our IPI design much more efficiently than previous versions of Vivado. This lead to faster design times and less chance for manual design entry mistakes”

Abaco Systems | Ametek
Abstract Shell

“Using DFX and Abstract Shell has enabled us to keep our IP protected and at the same time allows our customers to create their own dynamic IP. DFX is especially valuable for mission-critical operations by permitting function swapping while the device remains operational.”

NI
Intelligent Design Runs​

"Intelligent Design Runs is a game-changer by offering a push-button method for aggressively improving timing results. IDR generates QoR suggestions that bring maximum impact, resulting in expert quality results and a reduction in user analysis, especially for tough to close designs."