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clh01s
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4 years ago
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how use opencl generate random number in the FPGA

I'm a novice. I use opencl develop. I have a A10 pac. want use it generate random number to calculate. so have any solution use opencl generate random number? thank you help!!!
  • BoonBengT_Altera's avatar
    BoonBengT_Altera
    4 years ago

    Hi @clh01s,

    Thank you for posting in Intel community forum, hope all is well and apologies for the delayed in response.
    Unfortunately openCL does not provide any build-in function for random numbers.


    However, would suggest to try on the following recommendation:
    - generate an array of ramdom numbers on the host and pass the pointer of the array to a kernal.
    - using prebuild libraries that provides streams of random numbers from host. (perhaps try clRNG)

    Hope that clarify.
    Best Wishes
    BB

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BoonBengT_Altera
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4 years ago

Hi @clh01s,

Thank you for posting in Intel community forum, hope all is well and apologies for the delayed in response.
Unfortunately openCL does not provide any build-in function for random numbers.


However, would suggest to try on the following recommendation:
- generate an array of ramdom numbers on the host and pass the pointer of the array to a kernal.
- using prebuild libraries that provides streams of random numbers from host. (perhaps try clRNG)

Hope that clarify.
Best Wishes
BB