AMD announced Ross, positioning it as a tool that uses AI to automate and integrate design processes spanning hardware, software and AI. Ross provides a design environment spanning FPGAs, adaptive SoCs, embedded x86 and edge AI.
AMD announced its AI-assisted tool “AMD Ross” on 30 September 2026 US time. Ross functions as an abstraction layer that enables multiple development areas to be handled through a common AI interface, with the aim of streamlining the design, verification and debugging of embedded systems.
Ross is a design-support tool that connects development processes spanning hardware, software and AI, covering areas including FPGAs, adaptive SoCs, embedded x86 processors and edge AI platforms. It integrates with AMD’s other tools through MCP and coordinates work while retaining the design context.
Specifically, it uses the Model Context Protocol (MCP) as a standard for integration with AMD’s development software, including Vivado, Vitis, ROCm and Ryzen AI software. Ross can generate code as well as execute commands, analyze reports and coordinate work across tools, interpreting designers’ intentions conversationally and developing the required workflow.
Through this agentic AI, AMD aims to improve and integrate development processes spanning printed-circuit-board design, FPGA implementation, algorithm development, embedded software and AI inference. AMD positions these efforts as a further advance in the historical evolution of design methodologies.