Re:Parallel Programming for FPGAs
by uticus on Tuesday August 02, 2022 @09:34AM
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> How does one actually program on an FPGA?
Traditional: as others have pointed out, create design in Hardware Description Language (HDL). Simulate / test. Use tool(s) of choice (or usually no choice) to synthesize. Resulting bitstream written to FPGA. Ref https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field-programmable_gate_array#...
Traditional: as others have pointed out, create design in Hardware Description Language (HDL). Simulate / test. Use tool(s) of choice (or usually no choice) to synthesize. Resulting bitstream written to FPGA. Ref https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field-programmable_gate_array#...
Somewhat newer: High-Level Synthesis (as detailed in the OP). Similar to HDL, but more abstracted design. Ref https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-level_synthesis
> Is there some consumer facing equivalent for FPGA programming?
AWS F1 Instances (https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/f1/), or dev boards (https://digilent.com/shop/boards-and-components/system-board...)