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Altera_Forum
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10 years ago

How to call external library with OpenCL on FPGA?

Hi,

I have existing program which is computation intensive. That is why I want to try with FPGA using OpenCL for acceleration.

The program is my computations are all done through certain libraries such as MKL, LAPACK/ARPACK.

How do I call these libraries through OpenCL? Is it possible? Any suggestion?

Thank you!!

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    Altera_Forum
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    10 years ago

    I don't know if it is possible, but I think you may find the libraries are not coded in a way that lets the Altera OpenCL compiler generate efficient hardware. This may not give you the acceleration you might expect. Can you try using a library? That would anwer your question.

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    Altera_Forum
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    10 years ago

    Thank you for your response.

    What do you mean "can you try using a library"? I am new to FPGA. So I am not sure what you meant.
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    Altera_Forum
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    10 years ago

    What I meant is, have you tried compiling OpenCL code with functions from a library?