Jongsok Choi

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LegUp: high-level synthesis for FPGA-based processor/accelerator systems
In this paper, we introduce a new open source high-level synthesis tool called <i>LegUp</i> that allows software techniques to be used for hardware design. LegUp accepts a standard C program as input and automatically compiles the program to a hybrid architecture containing an FPGA-based MIPS soft processor and custom hardware accelerators that communicate… (More)
LegUp: An open-source high-level synthesis tool for FPGA-based processor/accelerator systems
It is generally accepted that a custom hardware implementation of a set of computations will provide superior speed and energy efficiency relative to a software implementation. However, the cost and difficulty of hardware design is often prohibitive, and consequently, a software approach is used for most applications. In this article, we introduce a new… (More)
Impact of Cache Architecture and Interface on Performance and Area of FPGA-Based Processor/Parallel-Accelerator Systems
We describe new multi-ported cache designs suitable for use in FPGA-based processor/parallel-accelerator systems, and evaluate their impact on application performance and area. The baseline system comprises a MIPS soft processor and custom hardware accelerators with a shared memory architecture: on-FPGA L1 cache backed by off-chip DDR2 SDRAM. Within this… (More)
From software threads to parallel hardware in high-level synthesis for FPGAs
—We describe the support within high-level hardware synthesis (HLS) for two standard software parallelization paradigms: Pthreads and OpenMP. Parallel code segments, as specified in the software, are automatically synthesized by our HLS tool into parallel-operating hardware sub-circuits. Both data parallelism and task-level parallelism are supported, as is… (More)
From software to accelerators with LegUp high-level synthesis
Embedded system designers can achieve energy and performance benefits by using dedicated hardware accelerators. However, implementing custom hardware accelerators for an application can be difficult and time intensive. LegUp is an open-source high-level synthesis framework that simplifies the hardware accelerator design process [8]. With LegUp, a designer… (More)
Automating the Design of Processor/Accelerator Embedded Systems with LegUp High-Level Synthesis
LegUp [1] is an open-source high-level synthesis (HLS) tool that accepts a C program as input and automatically synthesizes it into a hybrid system. The hybrid system comprises an embedded processor and custom accelerators that realize user-designated compute-intensive parts of the program with improved throughput and energy efficiency. In this paper, we… (More)
Impact of FPGA architecture on resource sharing in high-level synthesis
Resource sharing is a key area-reduction approach in high-level synthesis (HLS) in which a single hardware functional unit is used to implement multiple operations in the high-level circuit specification. We show that the utility of sharing depends on the underlying FPGA logic element architecture and that different sharing trade-offs exist when 4-LUTs vs.… (More)
The Effect of Compiler Optimizations on High-Level Synthesis for FPGAs
We consider the impact of compiler optimizations on the quality of high-level synthesis (HLS)-generated FPGA hardware. Using a HLS tool implemented within the state-of-the-art LLVM [1] compiler, we study the effect of compiler optimizations on the hardware metrics of circuit area, execution cycles, Fmax, and wall-clock time. We evaluate 56 different… (More)
A Survey and Evaluation of FPGA High-Level Synthesis Tools
High-level synthesis (HLS) is increasingly popular for the design of high-performance and energy-efficient heterogeneous systems, shortening time-to-market and addressing today's system complexity. HLS allows designers to work at a higher-level of abstraction by using a software program to specify the hardware functionality. Additionally, HLS is… (More)
High-level synthesis with LegUp: a crash course for users and researchers
High-level synthesis (HLS) has been gaining traction recently as a design methodology for FPGAs, with the promise of raising the productivity of FPGA hardware designers, and ultimately, opening the door to the use of FPGAs as computing devices targetable by software engineers. In this tutorial, we introduce LegUp, an open-source HLS tool for FPGAs developed… (More)