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8 years ago

Local variables in Kernel

Hi! I was getting bad results in my kernel, so i decided to printf the local variables marked on the code in bold and blue. At every iteration of the 2nd loop the value from previous itera...
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For the total_gin i have this info: 

Stall-free
Yes
Loads from 
total_gin
Start-Cycle
1
Latency
3

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This info doesn't show what type of storage resource is used for implementing the buffer. That info can be found in the "source view" tab of the area report.

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How can i implement a shfit register in OpenCL using the total_gin info?

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Check "Intel FPGA SDK for OpenCL Programming Guide, Section 5.10.1 - Inferring a Shift Register". Note that unless accesses to the buffer are done in shifting manner, you will not be able to implement that buffer as a shift register.