Memory Protection Unit Implementations - Memory Protection Unit Implementations - AM026

Versal AI Edge Series Gen 2 and Prime Series Gen 2 Technical Reference Manual (AM026)

Document ID
AM026
Release Date
2025-12-23
Revision
1.3 English

The memory protection unit (XMPU) in the Versal adaptive SoC is similar to the one in the Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC. The following table shows the functional differences.

Table 1. XMPU Protection Unit Implementations
Device Generation Error Handling Response to Address in Secure Range but ID Match Fails Dynamic Reconfiguration after Boot
UltraScale+ MPSoC Poison the base address Allow or deny based on default read/write configuration Not supported
Versal Adaptive SoC Issue a fail message on the interconnect back to initiator By default, transaction is denied Supported
Versal AI Edge Series Gen 2 and Versal Prime Series Gen 2