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12 years ago

Executing Multiple kernels on Altera FPGA

Hi , I am trying to port multiple kernels onto FPGA. The online material on Altera OpenCL compilation suggests to have all the kernels in a single cl file. Can anyone please tell me the st...
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12 years ago

It badly requires Partial Reconfiguration; Otherwise, the overhead is so high that the application scope is limited.

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The SDRAM controllers are reconfigured while the device is reconfigured so the contents in the memory devices may (probably will) become corrupt. That's why the buffers are pulled up to the host and back down after the configuration cycle.

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