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    FPGAs can be configured to act like any circuit and accelerate computation. They come in various forms including PCIe-attached, in-storage, CPU integrated, and in-network. Compared to ASICs, FPGAs can be reprogrammed in the field, allow for parallel execution, and offer higher performance in terms of power and ports. The basic FPGA architecture includes configurable logic blocks, I/O blocks, programmable interconnects, DSP blocks, block RAM, and sometimes hard processor cores. FPGAs are programmed using a compiler toolchain and bitfiles, and can be used for acceleration by programming the FPGA, transferring data, performing computations, and transferring results back.

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    FPGAs can be configured to act like any circuit and accelerate computation. They come in various forms including PCIe-attached, in-storage, CPU integrated, and in-network. Compared to ASICs, FPGAs can be reprogrammed in the field, allow for parallel execution, and offer higher performance in terms of power and ports. The basic FPGA architecture includes configurable logic blocks, I/O blocks, programmable interconnects, DSP blocks, block RAM, and sometimes hard processor cores. FPGAs are programmed using a compiler toolchain and bitfiles, and can be used for acceleration by programming the FPGA, transferring data, performing computations, and transferring results back.

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    FPGAs can be configured to act like any circuit and accelerate computation. They come in various forms including PCIe-attached, in-storage, CPU integrated, and in-network. Compared to ASICs, FPGAs can be reprogrammed in the field, allow for parallel execution, and offer higher performance in terms of power and ports. The basic FPGA architecture includes configurable logic blocks, I/O blocks, programmable interconnects, DSP blocks, block RAM, and sometimes hard processor cores. FPGAs are programmed using a compiler toolchain and bitfiles, and can be used for acceleration by programming the FPGA, transferring data, performing computations, and transferring results back.

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    Fpga1 - What Is

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    FPGAs can be configured to act like any circuit and accelerate computation. They come in various forms including PCIe-attached, in-storage, CPU integrated, and in-network. Compared to ASICs, FPGAs can be reprogrammed in the field, allow for parallel execution, and offer higher performance in terms of power and ports. The basic FPGA architecture includes configurable logic blocks, I/O blocks, programmable interconnects, DSP blocks, block RAM, and sometimes hard processor cores. FPGAs are programmed using a compiler toolchain and bitfiles, and can be used for acceleration by programming the FPGA, transferring data, performing computations, and transferring results back.

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    What Are FPGAs

    and Why Should You Care


    What Are FPGAs
    Field-Programmable Gate Array
    Can be configured to act like any circuit – More later!
    Can do many things, but we focus on computation acceleration
    FPGAs Come In Many Forms

    PCIe-Attached In-Storage

    CPU Integrated In-Network


    How Is It Different From ASICs
    + FPGAs can be field-programmed
    o Parallel execution
    o Field-programmed
    o Higher performance in terms of power consumption and
    number of ports
    o Function can be changed completely whenever
    o FPGA fabric emulates custom circuits
    Basic FPGA Architecture
    “Configurable logic block (CLB)” Programmable
    ~
    I/O block Latch
    6-Input
    Look-Up
    Table
    FF

    Ex) 2-LUT for “AND”


    Input 1 Input 2 Output Sequential circuit
    0 0 0 construction
    0 1 0
    1 0 0
    1 1 1
    Programmable interconnect
    Basic FPGA Architecture – DSP Blocks
    “DSP block”
    CLBs act as gates – Many needed to
    implement high-level logic
    Arithmetic operation provided as
    efficient ALU blocks
    o “Digital Signal Processing (DSP) blocks”
    o Each block provides an adder + multiplier

    × +/-
    Basic FPGA Architecture – Block RAM
    “Block RAM”
    CLB can act as flip-flops
    o (~1 bit/block) – tiny!
    Some on-chip SRAM provided as blocks
    o ~18/36 Kbit/block, MBs per chip
    o Massively parallel access to data → multi-
    TB/s bandwidth
    Basic FPGA Architecture – Hard Cores
    Some functions are provided as
    Memory efficient, non-configurable “hard cores”
    o Multi-core ARM cores (“Zynq” series)
    o Multi-Gigabit Transceivers
    o PCIe/Ethernet PHY
    o Memory controllers
    Ethernet
    o …

    ARM PCIe
    DE10 – STANDARD
    FPGA Compilation Toolchain
    “Which transceiver instance should
    top_transceiver_01 map to?”
    High-Level High-level language vendor tool And so, so much more…
    HDL Code
    Constraint
    Functional File Cycle-level
    Simulation Simulation
    Language
    Compiler FPGA Vendor toolchain (Few open source)

    Verilog/ Map/
    Synthesize Netlist Place/ Bitfile
    VHDL
    Route
    Programming/Using an FPGA Accelerator
    Bitfile is programmed to FPGA over “JTAG” interface
    o Typically used over USB cable
    o Supports FPGA programming, limited debugging access, etc
    PCIe-attached FPGA accelerator card is typically used similarly to GPUs
    o Program FPGA, execute software
    o Software copies data to FPGA board, notify FPGA
    -> FPGA logic performs computations
    -> Software copies data back from FPGA
    FPGA flexibility gives immense freedom of usage patterns
    o Streaming, coherent memory, …
    FPGA Field Programmable Gate Array

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    CycloneII Architecture
    FPGA www.altera.com

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    CycloneII Architecture
    FPGA www.altera.com

    34
    Cyclone II Resource
    FPGA www.altera.com

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    FPGA vs. ASIC

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