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JGuerra
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6 years ago

Different FPGAs (different amount of ALMs), same Estimated Resource Usage given by OpenCL compiler

Hi everyone,

I've implemented a OpenCL kernel and compiling it for two different FPGAs with two different amounts of ALMs, the compiler generates the same estimated resource usage:

; Estimated Resource Usage Summary

; Resource / Usage

; Logic utilization / 222%

; ALUTs / 146%

; Dedicated logic registers / 90%

; Memory blocks / 58%

; DSP blocks / 129%

One FPGA is the Cyclone V 5CSEBA6U23I7 from DE10-Nano board, with 41910 ALMs, 5662720 Memory Bits and 112 DSP blocks. I'm using the BSP for SDK OpenCL 18.1 downloaded from Terasic site.

The other FPGA is the Cyclone V 5CSEMA5F31C6 from DE1-SoC board, with 32070 ALMs, 4065280 Memory Bits and 87 DSP blocks. I'm using the BSP for SDK OpenCL 16.0 also downloaded from Terasic site.

Some BSP has a incorrect information that generates this same estimation, right?

Anyone knows how to solve this possible issue?

I was thinking of sending a e-mail directly to Terasic support, but first I would like to ask this question in their forums and the link in their site redirected me to here :)

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  • Douglas_P_Intel's avatar
    Douglas_P_Intel
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    6 years ago

    Hi,

    The resources used by the BSP are listed in the board_spec.xml file located in the hardware/device directory of the BSP. (for example hardware/c10gx) It's possible Terasic forgot to update that file when creating the BSP. It's just a text file, so you can edit it if you want. However, the estimates shown using the -report option are very approximate. For a much better estimate, please use the report.html file.