Q8RF FAMILY

Two Models of Powerful SDR/Processor Cards to Choose From.

The Xiphos Q8RF family is based upon the well-regarded Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoCs (RF System-on-Chip) devices. These are highly integrated system-on-chip devices from AMD Xilinx that combine high-speed RF-class ADCs and DACs, programmable FPGA logic, and embedded ARM processors on a single chip. This architecture enables direct RF sampling and real-time digital signal processing without the need for external data converters or complex analog front ends. By tightly coupling processing and conversion resources, RFSoCs significantly reduce system size, weight, power, and latency—making them ideal for advanced RF applications that demand high channel density, wide bandwidth, and low-latency signal chain control.

Xiphos has combined these RFSoC devices with its fault-tolerant space architecture that has been developed over more than two decades to ensure trouble-free operation in-orbit.

The new Q8RFG3 is based on the third generation of Xilinx RFSoC devices which adds upgrades to the digitization portion of the architecture, the RF input bandwidth and the ability to synchronize multiple Q8RFs together for applications such as digital beam forming.