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10x10 Heterogeneous Architecture with OpenDwarfs on FPGA

Anshuman Verma

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Power Wall and Multi core generation

21-Aug-15

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Dark Silicon

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10x10

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10x10 Architecture

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What is OpenDwarf ?

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OpenCL synthesis on FPGA

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• Pros• Customized Hardware• Better performance/Watt

• Cons• Large synthesis time

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FPGA Advantage

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• Pros• Customized Hardware• Better performance/Watt

• Cons• Large synthesis time

https://www.altera.com/en_US/pdfs/literature/wp/wp-01173-opencl.pdf

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Refactoring OpenDwarfs

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Contribution

• Lower synthesis time for Kernels• Improvement in performance/Watt • Proving the concept on FPGA

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Thank You