Signal Processing: Alpha Data at AMD SPWG 2026
Signal processing took center stage at this year’s AMD SPWG, which brings AMD’s aerospace and defense team together with mission designers and its partner ecosystem. Alpha Data’s Technical Director, Andrew McCormick, and Senior Digital Design Engineer, Adewale Adetomi, were on-site to hear where AMD is taking its devices and IP, and how that maps onto the hardware our customers deploy.
Where AMD is taking signal processing
Our main takeaway was the progress AMD has made in signal processing across its FPGA and Adaptive SoC portfolio, in both the silicon and the supporting IP. The technical depth stood out, with sessions covering established workloads alongside emerging applications.
Quantum is an emerging market area which was highlighted at the event. Quantum computers rely on precisely timed signals to control and read out qubits, and that work must happen with very low latency as systems scale. FPGA and Adaptive SoC devices are well suited to the task, generating, capturing and processing these signals in real time, and can be programmed as control techniques evolve. For Alpha Data, it’s an early-stage market we are following closely.
From demo to deployable hardware
The Demo and Partner Evening brought the Versal RF CXE demo back on display. It also raised a practical question customers often ask: how do you move from an evaluation setup to a system you can field? Alpha Data answers it with one Versal RF device family across three form factors. The ADA-PA310 PCIe card suits lab work and prototyping, the ADA-SA320 standalone unit supports integration and test, and the ADA-VA330 SOSA-aligned 3U VPX module is built for rugged deployment. As a result, teams can carry the same design through each stage without a redesign.
Partners that shorten the path for signal processing
The evening also meant time with Missing Link Electronics. MLE’s SOSA-aligned FPGA Full System Stacks, with high-speed IP cores, are available on Alpha Data hardware such as the ADA-VA330. In practice, this means signal processing teams start with data movement and storage already in place, and can spend their effort on the application itself.
Thank you to AMD for hosting another valuable partner event.
Planning an advanced signal processing program? Contact the Alpha Data team to discuss which FPGA and Adaptive SoC platform fits your stage of development.
