Enabling FPGAs for the Software Developers
SessionFPGAs in HPC
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Event Type
Exhibitor Forum
TimeWednesday, November 15th4pm -
4:30pm
Location501-502
DescriptionFPGAs play a critical part in heterogeneous compute
platforms as flexible, reprogrammable, multi-function
accelerators. They enable hardware performance with the
programmability of software. The industry trend towards
software-defined hardware challenges not just the
traditional architectures - compute, memory, network
resources - but also the programming model of
heterogeneous compute platforms.
Traditionally, the FPGA programming model is narrowly tailored and hardware-centric. As FPGAs become part of heterogeneous compute platforms and users expect the hardware to be “software-defined”, they must be accessible not just by hardware developers but by software developers which require the programming model of FPGAs to evolve dramatically. This presentation focuses on outlining a highly evolved, software-centric programming model which will enable FPGAs for software developers through a comprehensive solutions stack including FPGA-optimized libraries, compilers, tools, frameworks, SDK integration, and an FPGA-enabled ecosystem. We’ll also show a real-world example using Machine Learning Inference acceleration on FPGAs.
Traditionally, the FPGA programming model is narrowly tailored and hardware-centric. As FPGAs become part of heterogeneous compute platforms and users expect the hardware to be “software-defined”, they must be accessible not just by hardware developers but by software developers which require the programming model of FPGAs to evolve dramatically. This presentation focuses on outlining a highly evolved, software-centric programming model which will enable FPGAs for software developers through a comprehensive solutions stack including FPGA-optimized libraries, compilers, tools, frameworks, SDK integration, and an FPGA-enabled ecosystem. We’ll also show a real-world example using Machine Learning Inference acceleration on FPGAs.
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