AMD XDNA

AMD XDNA

Design firm	AMD
Introduced	April 2023
Type	Neural processing unit microarchitecture

XDNA is the name for AMD's neural processing unit microarchitecture. It is based on IP blocks from Xilinx, a company which was acquired by AMD in 2023.[1]

As of 2024, XDNA is implemented in AMD's consumer PC processors (branded as Ryzen AI), as well as the AMD Alveo V70 AI accelerator.

Generations

First

First-generation XDNA, initially implemented in the Ryzen 7040 series mobile processors, provides up to 10 TOPS of processing performance. The Ryzen 8040 series (codenamed "Hawk Point"), a refresh of the Ryzen 7040 series, features a higher-clocked XDNA NPU providing 16 TOPS of performance.[2]

XDNA is also used in AMD's Alveo V70 datacenter AI inference processing card.[3]

Second

XDNA 2 was introduced in the Strix Point Ryzen AI 300 series processors. The NPU provides up to 50 TOPS of processing power,[4][5] and the implementation is labelled by AMD as the third generation of Ryzen AI.

See also

• Neural Engine, Apple's neural processing unit microarchitecture
• Tensor Processing Unit, Google's AI acceleration microarchitecture

References

1. Hachman, Mark (May 15, 2023). "Why AMD thinks Ryzen AI will be just as vital as CPUs and GPUs". PCWorld. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
2. Svitlyk, Yuri (March 7, 2024). "What is AMD XDNA? Architecture that launches AI on Ryzen processors". Root Nation. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
3. "Alveo V70 AI Accelerator". AMD. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
4. Alcorn, Paul (July 15, 2024). "AMD deep-dives Zen 5 architecture — Ryzen 9000 and AI 300 benchmarks, RDNA 3.5 GPU, XDNA 2, and more". Tom's Hardware. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
5. Bonshor, Gavin (July 15, 2024). "The AMD Zen 5 Microarchitecture: Powering Ryzen AI 300 Series For Mobile and Ryzen 9000 for Desktop". www.anandtech.com. Retrieved August 24, 2024.

External links

• AMD XDNA official webpage