2. FPGA AI Suite Docker Image Requirements
The tasks outlined in this application note have the following hardware and software requirements:
Hardware Requirements
- Laptop or Desktop Computer
- 16 GB RAM
- 50 GB free storage
The system must have an Internet connection without an active VPN or firewall.
- (Optional) A SoC FPGA development kit supported by FPGA AI Suite. The development kit is required only if you want test running inference on the FPGA device. You do not need a development kit to run the FPGA AI Suite tools.
Tip: Most of the steps in this document do not require FPGA hardware. Any steps that specifically require FPGA hardware like a development kit to complete are indicated in this document with an [FPGA] tag.The FPGA AI Suite Docker image supports the following development kits :
- Agilex™ 5 FPGA E-Series 065B Modular Development Kit (MK-A5E065BB32AES1)
- Agilex™ 7 FPGA I-Series Transceiver-SoC Development Kit (DK-SI-AGI027FC)
- Arria® 10 SX SoC FPGA Development Kit (DK-SOC-10AS066S)
Software Requirements
- Microsoft* Windows* 10 or Microsoft* Windows* 11
Docker environments on Linux or MacOS are not supported.
- Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL 2)
For instructions on installing WSL 2, refer to How to install Linux on Windows with WSL at Microsoft* Learn.
- A Docker* client, such as Docker* Desktop
You can get Docker* Desktop at https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop/.
While you can install the Docker* client directly into your WSL 2 environment, the instructions here assume that you install your Docker* client into your Windows* environment.
- Git version control software. This document uses some of the Git command-line tools.
- Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Programmer and Tools Version 25.1.
You can download this software from the following link:
- [FPGA] Win32 Disk Imager
Win32 Disk Imager is available at https://win32diskimager.org.
- [FPGA] usbipd-win 4.0.0 or later
The USB/IP open-source project is available at https://github.com/dorssel/usbipd-win.
- [FPGA] Intel® SoC FPGA Embedded Development Suite (SoC EDS) Pro Edition Software Version 20.1
This software is required only for Arria® 10 SX SoC devices. It is not required for Agilex™ 7 I-Series SoC devices.
You can get the required version of the SoC EDS at the following link:
Intel® SoC FPGA Embedded Development Suite (SoC EDS) Pro Edition Software Version 20.1 for Windows