| December 2017 |
2017.12.08 |
- Updated the following sections to include the availability of Intel® FPGA SDK for OpenCL™ installation packages that include Intel Code Builder:
- Downloading the Intel® FPGA SDK for OpenCL™ (Windows)
- Downloading the Intel® FPGA SDK for OpenCL™ (Linux)
- Updated the following sections to include the Java SE version prerequisite required to run Intel Code Builder:
- Prerequisites for the Intel® FPGA SDK for OpenCL™
- Installing the Intel® FPGA SDK for OpenCL™ (Linux)
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| November 2017 |
2017.11.06 |
- Rebranded the following:
- ALTERAOCLSDKROOT to INTELFPGAOCLSDKROOT
- CL_CONTEXT_EMULATOR_DEVICE_ALTERA to CL_CONTEXT_EMULATOR_DEVICE_INTELFPGA
- Quartus Prime to Intel® Quartus® Prime
- Arria 10 to Intel® Arria® 10
- USB Blaster to Intel® FPGA Download Cable
- In Intel® FPGA SDK for OpenCL™ Getting Started Guide, changed OpenCL Reference Pages as OpenCL 1.0 reference pages to improve clarity and added reference to Intel Arria 10 GX Application Note.
- In Prerequisites for the Intel® FPGA SDK for OpenCL™ :
- Changed Intel preferred accelerator board to Intel FPGA Preferred Board for OpenCL.
- Changed Microsoft Visual Studio version 2010 Professional as Microsoft Visual Studio Professional version 2010 or later.
- In Contents of the Intel® FPGA SDK for OpenCL™ :
- In the sentence "The Intel FPGA SDK for OpenCL provides logic components, drivers, and SDK-specific libraries and files.", changed logical components to programs.
- Under the Logic Components section, changed "host platform API and runtime API" as "host and runtime API".
- In Building the Host Application (Windows), updated references to Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 as Microsoft Visual Studio.
- In Executing an OpenCL Kernel on an FPGA (Windows), updated reference to Microsoft Visual Studio version 2010 Professional as Microsoft Visual Studio.
- Removed topics on Licensing the Intel FPGA SDK for OpenCL in both OpenCL for Linux and Windows sections.
- Added support for Intel® Stratix® 10 devices in the following topics:
- Downloading the Intel FPGA SDK for OpenCL (Windows)
- Installing an FPGA Board (Windows)
- Verifying Host Runtime Functionality via Emulation (Windows)
- Creating the FPGA Hardware Configuration File of an OpenCL Kernel (Windows)
- Downloading the Intel FPGA SDK for OpenCL (Linux)
- Installing an FPGA Board (Linux)
- Verifying Host Runtime Functionality via Emulation (Linux)
- Creating the FPGA Hardware Configuration File of an OpenCL Kernel (Linux)
- Implemented single dash and -option=<value> conventions in the following topics:
- Overview of the Intel FPGA SDK for OpenCL Setup Process
- Creating the FPGA Hardware Configuration File of an OpenCL Kernel (Windows)
- Compiling a Kernel for Emulation
- Removed references to AOCL_BOARD_PACKAGE_ROOT throughout the guide since it is deprecated.
- Updated instances of aocl install to aocl install <path_to_customplatform>.
- Updated instances of aocl uninstall to aocl uninstall <path_to_customplatform>.
- In Overview of the Intel FPGA SDK for OpenCL Setup Process, added a note after the Installation Process Overview diagram about possible errors after implementing aocl diagnose.
- In Updating the Hardware Image on the FPGA, added a note and related links to Configuring the Intel Arria 10 GX FPGA Development Kit for the Intel FPGA SDK for OpenCL application note.
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| May 2017 |
2017.05.05 |
- Rebranded the Altera Client Driver (ACD) to the FPGA Client Driver (FCD).
- Updated the download instructions in Downloading the Intel® FPGA SDK for OpenCL™ for Windows and Linux.
- Added reminders that folder names where you uncompress downloaded OpenCL design examples must not contain spaces.
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| October 2016 |
2016.10.31 |
- Rebranded the Altera SDK for OpenCL to Intel® FPGA SDK for OpenCL™ .
- Rebranded the Altera Offline Compiler to Intel® FPGA SDK for OpenCL™ Offline Compiler.
- In Installing an FPGA Board for Windows and Linux, provided the following updates:
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Noted that the SDK supports multi-Custom Platform installation. To use the SDK utilities on each board in a multi-Custom Platform installation, the AOCL_BOARD_PACKAGE_ROOT environment variable setting must correspond to the Custom Platform subdirectory of the associated board.
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Noted that in a multi-Custom Platform system, the host program should use ACD to discover the boards instead of directly linking to the MMD libraries.
- In Building the Host Application for Windows, outlined the prerequisite tasks for setting up ACD and ICD for use with Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 prior to building the host application.
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| May 2016 |
2016.05.02 |
- Replaced the lists of supported Windows and Linux versions to a link to the Operating System Support page on the Altera website.
- Added the %ALTERAOCLSDKROOT%\windows64\bin setting to the list of Windows environment variables.
- Corrected the Windows instructions for setting the CL_CONTEXT_EMULATOR_DEVICE_ALTERA variable for emulating multiple devices.
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| November 2015 |
2015.11.02 |
- Changed instances of Quartus II to Quartus Prime.
- Added Windows 8.1 to supported Windows versions.
- Modified download and installation instructions for the tar file that includes the AOCL, Quartus Prime software, and device support.
- Deprecated and removed AOCL-only installation instructions because they are invalid for the current version.
- Added instructions to verify host runtime functionality by emulating the hello_world example design.
- Modified the figure FPGA Programming Overview to include emulation in the programming flow.
- Updated uninstallation instructions.
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| May 2015 |
15.0.0 |
- Reorganized instructions into the following sections:
- Getting Started with the AOCL on Windows
- Getting Started with the AOCL on Linux
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| December 2014 |
14.1.0 |
- Reorganized information flow.
- Updated Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) version support.
- Included the Contents of the AOCL section.
- Updated licensing instructions for the new Altera Software Development Kit (SDK) for OpenCL (AOCL) single license.
- Updated board uninstallation instructions to include the aocl uninstall utility command.
- Included information on the init_opencl script for setting environment variables.
- Grouped software and board uninstallation instructions under Uninstalling the Software and the FPGA Board.
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| June 2014 |
14.0.0 |
- Updated the Prerequisites section.
- Updated the figure AOCL Installation Process Overview.
- Updated software download instructions.
- Updated AOCL installation and uninstallation instructions for Windows.
- For Linux systems:
- Added the sections Installing the AOCL on Linux Using RPM and Uninstalling the AOCL on Linux Using RPM.
- Updated the section Installing the AOCL on Linux Using the GUI Installer.
- Added the section Licensing the Software.
- Updated the section Installing an FPGA Board with updated instructions on querying your devices and running diagnostic tests.
- Updated the section Creating the FPGA Hardware Configuration File of an OpenCL Kernel:
- Updated path that you have to set for AOCL_BOARD_PACKAGE_ROOT.
- Updated example AOC output for compiling hello_world.cl with the -v option.
- Updated AOC output.
- Added the section Identifying the Device Name of Your FPGA Board.
- Modified instructions for building and running the host application with updated hello_world directory and file names.
- Added the section Uninstalling an FPGA Board.
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| December 2013 |
13.1.1 |
- Updated the Prerequisites section to include a reminder to install Linux kernel source, headers, and GCC.
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| November 2013 |
13.1.0 |
- Reorganized information flow.
- Updated the Prerequisites section.
- Updated board installation instructions.
- Updated software download instructions.
- Inserted the section Installing the AOCL and the Quartus II Software Together.
- Updated software installation and uninstallation instructions.
- Inserted the following figures:
- AOCL Installation Process Overview
- FPGA Programming Overview
- Removed the Licensing section.
- Removed all board-specific installation and configuration instructions.
- Changed example OpenCL application used to demonstrate kernel configuration and FPGA programming from moving_average to hello_world.
- Inserted the section Updating the Hardware Image on the FPGA, which contained the updated flash programming instructions.
- Removed the section Installing the USB-Blaster Driver on Windows.
- Updated output from successful execution of hello_world kernel on FPGA for Windows and Linux systems.
- Removed the figure Contents of the Moving Average Example.
- Removed the figure Opening host.sln in Visual Studio.
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| June 2013 |
13.0 SP1.0 |
- Updated requisite Quartus II and AOCL software versions from 13.0 to 13.0 SP1.
- Inserted the figure A Correct Windows Device Manager After Complete Board Driver Installation for a BittWare Board.
- Updated the vendor and device IDs in the Verifying the Functionality of the BittWare Board section for Windows.
- Updated the AOCL installation instructions for Linux systems that do not contain a .cshrc or a .bashrc file in the directory.
- Updated path to the AOCL design examples.
- Updated the figure Contents of the Moving Average Example.
- Updated flash programming instructions.
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| May 2013 |
13.0.1 |
- Renamed the OpenCL_SDK folder or directory to AOCL.
- Inserted warning about the AOCL installation dependency on .cshrc and .bashrc files for Linux systems.
- Included reminder to BittWare board users about installing the BittWare development software.
- Inserted warning about potential Jungo WinDriver installation failure for systems running on Windows 7. Included reinstallation instructions.
- Inserted warnings about error messages displayed for aocl commands that have not been implemented for the BittWare FPGA board.
- Inserted caution message about setting the environment variable AOCL_BOARD_PACKAGE_ROOT .
- Updated board driver installation procedures for Windows and Linux systems.
- Modified the path to the default location of the AOCL for Windows and Linux systems.
- Modified the path name added to the PATH environment variable when installing the AOCL on Linux systems. The path name should be $QUARTUS_ROOTDIR/bin instead of $QUARTUS_ROOTDIR/bin64 .
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| May 2013 |
13.0.0 |
- Updated installation and compilation procedures.
- Incorporated licensing procedure.
- Updated flash programming procedure and moved it to Appendix A.
- Updated links to software and documentation download pages.
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| November 2012 |
12.1.0 |
Initial release. |