Converting Existing Software to Hardware using SynphonyCC: A Case Study of an Open Source Connect-6 Solver

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• Sumanta Chaudhuri (Imperial College)
• Thursday 10 May 2012, 13:00-14:00
• Level 9 Mahanakorn Lab., EE Dept..

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In this talk we discuss conversion of existing C/C++ code to hardware using off-the-shelf High Level Synthesis(HLS) Tools. We used Synphony C Compiler (SCC E-2010.12-SP1) from Synopsys, and used a open-source Connect-6 solver as a case study. Connect-6 is a newly invented game, and a part of the computer Olympiad. The open-source connect-6 solver is most suitable for this case study because it is a general purpose software not written with hardware implementation in mind. The main emphasis of this talk is about practical issues in converting untimed C Code to Cycle-accurate, Bit-Accurate RTL . It is followed by a short demo for connect6-revenge contest at HEART 2012 .

This talk is part of the CAS Talks series.

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