SOCAO: Source-to-Source OpenCL Compiler for Intel-Altera FPGAs
Conference: FSP 2017 - Fourth International Workshop on FPGAs for Software Programmers
09/07/2017 at Ghent, Belgium
Proceedings: FSP 2017
Pages: 7Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
Rohde, Johanna; Martinez-Peiro, Marcos; Gadea-Girones, Rafael (Department of Electronic Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain)
Abstract:
This paper describes the SOCAO source-to-source compiler that allows transforming C/C++ code into an OpenCL accelerated program targeting Intel FPGA SDK for OpenCL. This drastically drops the requirements regarding the knowledge of the designers on parallel computing and hardware design, only C/C++ and the user-guide of the SOCAO compiler are now needed. Results show a 54% to 278% increase of speed for two well-known algorithms for cryptographic applications. The detailed description of the compiler, the user-guide and some outcomes of the project are also explained in this work.