Intel® High Level Synthesis Compiler Pro Edition: User Guide

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Document Table of Contents x
1. Intel® High Level Synthesis Compiler Pro Edition User Guide 2. Overview of the Intel® High Level Synthesis (HLS) Compiler Pro Edition 3. Creating a High-Level Synthesis Component and Testbench 4. Verifying the Functionality of Your Design 5. Optimizing and Refining Your Component 6. Verifying Your IP with Simulation 7. Synthesize your Component IP with Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition 8. Integrating your IP into a System A. Reviewing the High-Level Design Reports (report.html) B. Intel® HLS Compiler Pro Edition Restrictions C. Intel® HLS Compiler Pro Edition User Guide Archives D. Document Revision History for Intel® HLS Compiler Pro Edition User Guide
2. Overview of the Intel® High Level Synthesis (HLS) Compiler Pro Edition x
2.1. High Level Synthesis Design Flow 2.2. The Project Directory
3. Creating a High-Level Synthesis Component and Testbench x
3.1. Intel® HLS Compiler Pro Edition Compiler-Defined Preprocessor Macros
5. Optimizing and Refining Your Component x
5.1. The High-Level Design Reports
6. Verifying Your IP with Simulation x
6.1. Generation of the Verification Testbench Executable 6.2. Debugging during Verification 6.3. High-Throughput Simulation (Asynchronous Component Calls) Using Enqueue Function Calls
6.3. High-Throughput Simulation (Asynchronous Component Calls) Using Enqueue Function Calls x
6.3.1. Execution Model 6.3.2. Comparison of Explicit and Enqueued Function Calls
8. Integrating your IP into a System x
8.1. Adding the HLS Compiler-Generated IP into an Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Project 8.2. Adding the HLS Compiler-Generated IP into a Platform Designer System
A. Reviewing the High-Level Design Reports (report.html) x
A.1. Reviewing the Summary Report A.2. Reviewing Component Architecture A.3. Reviewing Factors That Affect Throughput A.4. Reviewing Component Area Usage A.5. Accessing HLD FPGA Reports in JSON Format
A.2. Reviewing Component Architecture x
A.2.1. System Viewer A.2.2. Function Memory Viewer A.2.3. Schedule Viewer (Beta)
A.2.1. System Viewer x
A.2.1.1. Reviewing System Information A.2.1.2. Reviewing Function Information A.2.1.3. Reviewing Block Information A.2.1.4. Reviewing Cluster Information
A.2.1.2. Reviewing Function Information x
A.2.1.2.1. Reviewing Component Interfaces A.2.1.2.2. Reviewing Loops and Blocks in Your Component or Task
A.3. Reviewing Factors That Affect Throughput x
A.3.1. Loop Analysis Report A.3.2. Loops Viewer (Alpha) A.3.3. Verification Statistics Report
1. Intel® High Level Synthesis Compiler Pro Edition User Guide
2. Overview of the Intel® High Level Synthesis (HLS) Compiler Pro Edition
3. Creating a High-Level Synthesis Component and Testbench
4. Verifying the Functionality of Your Design
5. Optimizing and Refining Your Component
6. Verifying Your IP with Simulation
7. Synthesize your Component IP with Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition
8. Integrating your IP into a System
A. Reviewing the High-Level Design Reports (report.html)
B. Intel® HLS Compiler Pro Edition Restrictions
C. Intel® HLS Compiler Pro Edition User Guide Archives
D. Document Revision History for Intel® HLS Compiler Pro Edition User Guide

4. Verifying the Functionality of Your Design

Verify the functionality of your design by compiling your component and testbench to an x86-64 executable that you can debug with a native C++ debugger. This process is sometimes referred to as debugging through emulation.

Compiling your design to an x86-64 executable is faster than generating and simulating RTL. This faster compilation time lets you debug and refine your component algorithms quickly before you move on to see how your component is implemented in hardware.

You can compile your component and testbench to an x86-64 executable for functional verification through any of the following methods:
  • Use the i++ -march=x86-64 command.
  • On Linux systems, use the g++ command.
  • On Windows systems, use Microsoft Visual Studio.
To verify the functionality of your design from the x86-64 emulation of your testbench and component, you can use typical debugging techniques like the following:
  • Running the program to see if generates the expected output.
  • Using printf statements in your code to output variable values at certain points in your code.
  • Stepping through your code with a debugger.

If you want step through your code with a debugger, ensure that you set your compiler command to include debug information and to generate unoptimized binary files. The i++ command generates debug information by default, and the -march=x86-64 command option generates unoptimized binary files.

On Linux systems, you can use GDB to debug your component and testbench, even if you used the i++ command to compile your code for functional verification.

On Windows systems, you can use Microsoft Visual Studio to debug your component and testbench, even if you used the i++ command to compile your code for functional verification.

Using the g++ command or Microsoft Visual Studio might require additional configuration to compile your Intel® HLS Compiler Pro Edition code. For details, see Compiler Interoperability in the Intel® High Level Synthesis Compiler Pro Edition Reference Manual.

You can automate the process by using a makefile or batch script. Use the makefiles and scripts provided in the Intel® HLS Compiler Pro Edition example designs and tutorials as guides for creating your own makefiles or batch scripts.

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