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Performance Analysis With High-Level Languages for High-Performance Reconfigurable Computing

Category: Data Management, Software and Web Development

Tags: computing, developers, applications

Overview High-Level Languages (HLLs) for FPGAs (Field-Programmable Gate Arrays) facilitate the use of reconfigurable computing resources for application developers by using familiar, higher-level syntax, semantics, and abstractions, typically enabling faster development times than with traditional Hardware Description Languages (HDLs). However, this abstraction is typically accompanied by some loss of performance as well as reduced transparency of application behavior, making it difficult to understand and improve application performance. This paper presents a novel and portable framework for runtime performance analysis of HLL applications for FPGAs, including a prototype tool for performance analysis with Impulse C, a commercial HLL for FPGAs. As a case study, this tool is used to locate performance bottlenecks in a molecular dynamics application.

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Publisher: University of Florida
File Format: PDF
Date Published: Oct 22, 2008
Format: White Papers
Topics: Programming Languages, High Performance Computing

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