Software development-based compilation flow for hardware implementation

US9824173B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• XILINX, INC. · US

Inventors

• Bennet An · San Jose, US
• Henry E. Styles · Menlo Park, US
• Sonal Santan · San Jose, US
• Fernando J. Martinez Vallina · Sunnyvale, US
• Pradip K. Jha · Cupertino, US
• David A. Knol · San Jose, US
• Sudipto Chakraborty · Plano, US
• Jeffrey M. Fifield · Boulder, US
• Stephen P. Rozum · Loveland, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 11, 2015
• Grant date: Nov 21, 2017
• Expiry date: Feb 29, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F30/327
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A software development-based compilation flow for circuit design may include executing, using a processor, a makefile including a plurality of rules for hardware implementation. Responsive to executing a first rule of the plurality of rules, a source file including a kernel specified in a high level programming language may be selected; and, an intermediate file specifying a register transfer level implementation of the kernel may be generated using the processor. Responsive to executing a second rule of the plurality of rules, a configuration bitstream for a target integrated circuit may be generated from the intermediate file using the processor. The configuration bitstream includes a compute unit circuit implementation of the kernel.