Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
US semiconductor leader whose Kria SOMs and Versal adaptive SoCs target embedded robotics and edge AI.
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) is a United States semiconductor company incorporated on May 1, 1969, and headquartered at 2485 Augustine Drive, Santa Clara, California 95054 (phone +1 408-749-4000). AMD trades on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the ticker AMD and reported approximately 31,000 employees in 2025, making it one of the largest chip design companies in the world.
AMD's product portfolio spans Ryzen and Ryzen PRO client processors, EPYC server processors, Radeon and Radeon PRO graphics, Instinct data center accelerators, and Pensando data processing units, alongside an adaptive computing lineup built on FPGA and adaptive SoC technology that AMD gained through its acquisition of Xilinx.
For embedded and robotics applications specifically, AMD offers the Kria system-on-module family, including the Kria K24 and K26 modules built on Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC silicon and the Kria AI SOM based on Ryzen AI Embedded X100 series processors on a COM-HPC form factor. The K26 module is aimed at vision AI, robotics, and industrial workloads and is sold through the KR260 Robotics Starter Kit, a developer platform preconfigured for robotics application development, alongside the related KD240 Drives Starter Kit for motor control and the KV260 Vision AI Starter Kit. AMD's Versal adaptive SoC family, including the Versal AI Edge and Versal AI Core series, combines embedded Arm application and real-time processor cores, programmable logic, and dedicated AI Engines, and the company markets this architecture explicitly for edge AI inference in robotics and embedded AI systems in addition to networking and data-center use cases.
AMD sells globally through direct enterprise relationships and a network of distributors, module makers, and design partners across every major region. This profile documents the global parent entity; AMD's WRC 2026 booth was operated through its China business operations rather than the United States headquarters directly.
Primary type & automation activities this supplier delivers:
Kria K26 SOM
Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC system-on-module targeting vision AI, robotics and industrial edge applications.
KR260 Robotics Starter Kit
Kria K26-based developer platform preconfigured for robotics application development.
Versal AI Edge Series
Adaptive SoC combining Arm cores, programmable logic and AI Engines for edge AI and embedded robotics.
Contact Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
WEBSITE
https://www.amd.com/PHONE
+1 408-749-4000HEADQUARTERS
United States
Company Facts
Founded
1969
Primary Role
Component Supplier
Company Size
employees 10000+
Primary Region
North America
Annual Sales
-
Funding Stage
Public
Funding Total
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Export Markets
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