Semiconductor Engineering

Optimize MATLAB C/C++ Code For HLS

A common use case for high-level synthesis (HLS) is taking 3rd party generated or legacy C/C++ algorithms and converting the algorithm to a hardware implementation using an HLS compiler. This can ...
GitHub

NetSys/irn-vivado-hls

There are two folders in the repository: irn_receiver: This folder contains the code for the receiver side module at the responder, namely receiveData. Each folder contains scripts to run synthesis, ...
GitHub

jiahaogai/LLM-for-HLS

LLM-for-HLS is an open-source project focused on leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs) for High-Level Synthesis (HLS). This project aims to construct datasets, fine-tune LLMs, and evaluate their ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Challenges In Using HLS For FPGA Design

High-level synthesis (HLS) tools, which transform C/C++ source code to Verilog/VHDL, have been commercially available for over 15 years. HLS tools from FPGA vendors and EDA companies promise improved ...
insideHPC

Gidel FPGA Tools Speed Development with Intel’s HLS

Today Gidel announced the availability of new development tools that take advantage of Intel’s HLS, producing a speed increase of 5x over prior development options. Intel’s High Level Synthesis (HLS) ...
IEEE

HLS-Eval: A Benchmark and Framework for Evaluating LLMs on High-Level Synthesis Design Tasks

Abstract: The rapid scaling of large language model (LLM) training and inference has accelerated their adoption in semiconductor design across academia and industry. Most prior works benchmark LLMs ...
IEEE

LLM vs HLS for RTL Code Generation: Friend or Foe?

Abstract: High-Level Synthesis (HLS) tools are widely used for the efficient transformations of behavioural code into equivalent hardware in Register Transfer Level (RTL). However, recent studies show ...