OS/RTOS & Hypervisors/Containers

Overview

AMD supports a wide variety of operating systems (OS), real-time operating systems (RTOS), hypervisors, and container technologies.  This includes both open source based solutions such as the popular Yocto-based Linux, Xen Hypervisor, and FreeRTOS as well as proprietary based solutions from our vast partner ecosystem.

AMD adaptive SoCs provide a multitude of processing engines to support complex use cases.   A common architecture among many IIoT edge embedded devices is a dual OS and RTOS approach to support IT/OT convergence. In this scenario, IT functions are performed within the boundaries of an OS, most commonly Linux on an application processor, with the OT functions performed within the boundaries of Linux with the PREEMPT_RT modifications, an RTOS, or FPGA hardware. In some cases, the RTOS runs on a real-time processor core and in other cases, it is desirable for both IT and OT functions to run on application processors due to performance, feature set, and ease of supporting one homogenous processor architecture.

Certified Ubuntu 22.04 Linux is supported on the AMD Kria™ family of SoMs, including the Kria KV260 Vision AI Starter Kit, the Kria KR260 Robotics Starter Kit, and the Kria KD240 Drive Starter Kit. Certified Ubuntu 22.04 is also available the AMD Zynq™ UltraScale™ MPSoC family (ZCU102, ZCU104, ZCU106) and AMD Versal™ VCK190 development kits.