Advanced Micro Devices

AMD develops CPUs, GPUs, adaptive SoCs and embedded computing products for data centers, PCs, industrial systems and edge devices. Its robotics relevance comes through embedded processors, FPGA-based platforms and AI acceleration used for perception, control, simulation and real-time automation workloads.

Facts

Segment: AI Compute
Country: United States
Founded: 1969
Ticker: AMD
Website: https://www.amd.com/

Market context

Robotics needs compute for perception, simulation, AI inference and control. AMD is an infrastructure exposure to that compute layer rather than a finished robotics platform company.

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Products

Kria KR260 Robotics Starter Kit

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Financials

AMD - NASDAQ - USD

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Supply

Foundation Robotics - Outbound - Compute & Control - Reuters directly reports the AMD processor family, Foundation design-in and Phantom MK-2 co-development context - source: reuters.com

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Timeline

2026-01-05 - Product Launch - AMD introduces Ryzen AI Embedded processors for physical AI and autonomous systems - The processors were designed for constrained embedded systems running AI-driven workloads at the edge. AMD named autonomous systems and humanoid robotics among the physical-AI target applications. The launch expanded AMD's embedded x86 processor portfolio… - source: amd.com
2024-04-09 - Product Launch - AMD launches Versal AI Edge Series Gen 2 for embedded edge AI systems - The Versal AI Edge Series Gen 2 line combines multiple compute engines for AI-driven embedded systems. AMD framed the portfolio for edge sensors through centralized compute in AI-driven systems. The launch included video-processing and flight-computer use… - source: amd.com
2022-05-17 - Product Launch - AMD launches Kria KR260 Robotics Starter Kit for industrial robotics development - AMD announced the Kria KR260 Robotics Starter Kit as an adaptive SOM development platform for robotics and industrial automation. The kit includes native ROS 2 support, robotics interfaces and the Kria Robotics Stack for hardware-accelerated development. The… - source: amd.com

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Team

Dr. Lisa Su - Chair and Chief Executive Officer
Mark Papermaster - Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer

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Relations

Foundation Robotics - Compute Technology Partner - Foundation and AMD are co-developing the Phantom MK-2 compute architecture around Ryzen AI Embedded X100 processors.

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