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9 years ago

Can we use both HDL and opencl in one project on one chip FPGA?

As we known , HDL is more efficient than opencl ,but HDL needs more time than opencl for developping.Maybe we need use both HDL and opencl in one project on one chip FPGA .Both HDL and opencl are res...
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9 years ago

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As we known , HDL is more efficient than opencl ,but HDL needs more time than opencl for developping.

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This is not necessarily true; it largely depends on how the HDL code and the OpenCL code are written and optimized.

Anyway, mixing HDL with OpenCL is certainly possible, read "intel fpga sdk for opencl, section 2.1 - opencl library" (https://www.altera.com/en_us/pdfs/literature/hb/opencl-sdk/aocl_programming_guide.pdf).