Phoenix, AZ – February 17, 2026. DDC-I announces off-the-shelf support for the Deos™ safety-critical real-time operating system (RTOS) running on AMD Versal™ AI Edge and AMD Versal Prime Series Gen 2 adaptive SoCs (system-on-chip). The integrated solution provides a compelling high-performance common compute platform for a variety of avionics applications, including IMA processor modules, navigation, display and video processing, smart sensors, DCUs, endpoint data acquisition, and control nodes.

AMD Versal adaptive SoCs combine world-class FPGA programmable logic with a high-performance processing system that features integrated Arm® CPUs, enhanced functional safety and security, and an expanded suite of hard IP, including AI Engines and DSP engines, to deliver breakthrough performance for embedded systems. The on-chip Arm Mali™ G78AE GPU enables display/human-machine interface (HMI) applications at 4K60 resolutions with up to 268 GFLOPs of compute power. The devices also support high-speed video encode and decode streaming.​ Together, these features allow avionics developers to employ a flexible and reusable single-chip processor for a myriad of applications with optimized Size, Weight, and Power (SWaP).

“This integrated solution builds on more than 15 years of avionics leadership and our long‑standing collaboration with DDC‑I, further strengthening functional safety and certification support for Versal AI Edge and Prime Series Gen 2 devices,” said Minal Sawant, senior director of the Aerospace & Defense Vertical Market at AMD. “With scalable performance—featuring octal‑core Arm® Cortex®‑A78 application processors, a deca‑core Arm R52 real‑time complex, and integrated GPU and graphics capabilities—Versal adaptive SoCs paired with the Deos RTOS enable customers to advance next‑generation avionics systems with confidence in both safety and mission integrity.”

“The AMD Versal Series AI Edge and Prime Series Gen 2 devices are next-generation compute platforms with multiple cores, large multi-level caches, integrated GPUs, AI Engines, split-lock technology, and more. These features enable the devices to be readily configured for a broad range of avionics and autonomous vehicle functions,” said Gary Gilliland, Vice President of Marketing at DDC-I. “These capabilities mesh seamlessly with Deos’ own multicore SafeMC™ scheduling and cache partitioning technology. Together with our middleware, Modular Extensible boot software, and device drivers, Deos provides a very flexible, reusable, readily certifiable avionics platform that delivers best-in-class performance and safety criticality.”

Deos is employed in commercial and military ground, marine, air, and space systems where reliability and determinism are paramount. Rooted initially in avionics, Deos was first certified to DO-178 DAL A (the utmost software process standard) in 1998 and is deployed in over 10,000 commercial aircraft. Deos’ use cases have extended outside avionics, where its proven technical features provide numerous advantages over legacy RTOS architectures, especially as integrated system complexity continues to grow while still requiring a high degree of determinism and robustness. Deos is also aligned with modern military initiatives such as FACE®, MOSA, PYRAMID, and others.

Deos is a safety-critical embedded real-time operating system (RTOS) that employs patented cache partitioning, memory pools, and safe scheduling to deliver higher CPU utilization than any other certifiable safety-critical COTS RTOS while also addressing AC/AMC 20-193 multi-core objectives. The Deos environment also offers security features, middleware, networking, and other components often desired for modern embedded systems.

Deos offers a modular approach, uniquely at the object code level, which isolates deterministic applications from changes when other modules are added, removed, or modified. This modularity greatly improves application and system component reuse and reduces the cost of change for system improvements. Coupled with the inherent flexibility of Versal adaptive SoCs, this modularity enables developers to more easily reconfigure their systems for multiple use cases and shorten the time and effort needed for next-generation products.

About DDC-I, Inc.

DDC-I, Inc. is a global supplier of real-time operating systems, software development tools, and software development services with a primary focus on mission- and safety-critical applications. DDC-I’s customer base is an impressive “who’s who” in the commercial, military, aerospace, and safety-critical industries. For more information regarding DDC-I products, contact DDC-I at 4545 E. Shea Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85028; phone (602) 275-7172; fax (602) 252-6054; e-mail sales@ddci.com or visit http://www.ddci.com/pr2604.

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