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9 years ago

OpenCL HDL co-design on Stratix V

Hi, Can OpenCL and HDL flow co-exists? Some part of design needs to be in HDL (For through-put optimization) and some part of design needs to be in OpenCL (For Faster development). Finall...
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9 years ago

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Hi,

You need customized OpenCL BSP which contain your fix part of design. To implement that require classic FPGA design flow/skills.

There is quite good documentation referring to creating custom BSP at Altera website - e.g. ug_aocl_s5_net_platform.pdf or search for "opencl reference platform porting guide".

Jan

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Not anymore!

Fellow Geeks, Christmas has come early!

Behold, Quartus 16 features! https://documentation.altera.com/#/00015315-aa$aa00107912

Of course, we will still need our board vendor to provide us with Quartus 16 BSPs.