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6 years ago

Hello, how can dataflow parallelism be implemented in Intel HLS in the STD edition without using the task mechanism (only available in the PRO edition)? A typical use case is shown here: https://youtu.be/aH1O4DZnjf8 Thanks, Thomas

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6 years ago

Unfortunately, as per your mention certain features that can be used in Quartus Prime Pro edition only. This is due the developer are focusing more on Quartus Prime Pro edition compare to std.

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6 years ago

And what stops them from using the same version of the HLS compiler for both Quartus Standard and PRO, rather than creating one for the Standard version and another one for PRO? The HLS compiler just converts C/C++ code to HDL, it should not matter what the target FPGA or Quartus, is. Same applies to the OpenCL compiler. In fact, I am sure the same version of aoc was shipped with both the Standard version and the PRO version up to a certain point after which, for whatever reason, the developers started developing separate versions for each.

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    6 years ago

    Thank you HRZ for raising this question. @MeiYanL_Intel​ , could you please let me know if and when we can expect new Intel HLS features in the Standard Edition. To my knowledge there hasn't been any release of the Quartus Prime Standard Edition this year yet. The longer this situation lasts, the harder it will be for Intel to motivate its customers to pay the maintenance/renewal fee for the Standard Edition. Why would you pay good money if you don't get any new features in return?

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    6 years ago

    @MeiYanL_Intel​ Could you please share the plans regarding Intel HLS in the Standard Edition? Thank you.