tapa 0.0.20210128.1

Extending High-Level Synthesis for Task-Parallel Programs

Extending High-Level Synthesis for Task-Parallel Programs

Feature Synopsis

• Convenient kernel communication APIs
• Simple host-kernel interface
• Universal software simulation w/ coroutines
• Hierarchical code generator w/ Xilinx HLS backend

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Ubuntu 16.04+
  • Coroutine-based simulator only works on Ubuntu 18.04+

Install from Binary

./install.sh

Install from Source

Build Prerequisites

• CMake 3.13+
• A C++ 11 compiler (e.g. g++-9)
• Python 3
  • haoda, pyverilog
• Google glog library (libgoogle-glog-dev)
• Clang 8 and its headers (clang-8, libclang-8-dev)
• Boost coroutine library (libboost-coroutine-dev)
• Icarus Verilog (iverilog)
• FPGA Runtime

Build tapacc

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make
make test
cd ..
sudo ln -s backend/python/tapac /usr/local/bin/
sudo ln -s build/backend/tapacc /usr/local/bin/

Known Issues

• Template functions cannot be tasks
• Vivado HLS include paths (e.g., /opt/Xilinx/Vivado/2019.2/include) must not be specified in tapac --cflags;
  • Workaround is to export CPATH=/opt/Xilinx/Vivado/2019.2/include