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This is our 4th joint webinar with AMD; we will focus on how to achieve SAR with Versal adaptive SoCs again. It is complementary to the last webinar Space-Based SAR using AMD Versal adaptive SoCs in June 2025.

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Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) is a technique whereby high-resolution radar images can be created using a relatively small radar antenna, simulating the effect of a much larger and more expensive antenna. The technique relies on the motion of the radar platform relative to the target and uses multiple samples of radar returns from the target to build up high resolution images. Several different algorithms exist for SAR processing; however, they all require large amounts of high-performance compute resources.

 

In conventional satellite and airborne applications, the raw SAR data is returned to the ground for processing. This creates a large communications bottleneck and limits the amount of SAR data that can be collected during the mission. With modern space-grade adaptive SoCs, SAR data can be processed efficiently on board the radar platform, and finished images can be transmitted to the ground which avoids the communications bottleneck and allows more SAR images to be sampled as the spacecraft or aircraft flies over the earth.

In this presentation, we examine range/doppler processing and back-projection, which are two separate processing algorithms for SAR which are useful in space applications, and summarize the implementation of both algorithms in an AMD Versal adaptive SoC.

We will also provide an update on the space qualification of the XQR Versal adaptive SoCs, and provide the latest reliability and radiation data.

 

In the partner session, Infineon will introduce its power and memory solutions which enable AMD Versal™ Adaptive SoCs to achieve important functions and performance goals for SAR.

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December 2nd, 2025 (US PST)

December 3rd, 2025 10am - 11:30am (JST, KST)

Title: Space-Based Synthetic Aperture Radar Using AMD Versal™ Adaptive SoCs

 

Organizer: NASAM 

Webinar Format: Online (Microsoft Teams) - Open to all interested users

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In-Person Venue Option: X-NIHONBSHI BASE

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