3.8 - High-Level Synthesis (HLS)
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Practice Questions
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What does HLS stand for?
💡 Hint: Think about the synthesis process at a higher level than RTL.
Name one high-level language that can be used in HLS.
💡 Hint: Consider popular programming languages for hardware design.
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What does HLS do?
💡 Hint: Think about how HLS relates to programming languages.
True or False: Scheduling in HLS is only concerned with timing constraints.
💡 Hint: Consider what else scheduling might influence beyond just timing.
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Challenge Problems
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Suppose you have an HLS tool that generates hardware for an image processing algorithm. Explain how scheduling could affect the performance of this implementation.
💡 Hint: Consider how breaking down the image processing into parallel operations might help speed things up.
Develop a custom scenario where binding in HLS might lead to excessive power consumption. How could you mitigate this?
💡 Hint: Think about the types of operations and resources used in high-level designs.
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