Advanced SDSoC Development Environment and Methodology

Course Description

This two-day course is structured to help designers employ SDSoC™ development environment optimization techniques to create high-performance, accelerated systems. The focus is on optimizing memory access and hardware functions, generating C-callable IP libraries, and creating custom platforms. The course also includes an introduction to the Xilinx reVISION Stack.

Software Tools

SDx™ development environment 2017.4

Hardware

Architecture: Zynq-7000 SoC* Demo board: Zynq-7000 SoC ZC702 or ZedBoard* * This course focuses on the Zynq-7000 SoC. Check with your local Authorized Training Provider for the specifics of the in-class lab board or other customizations.

Skills Gained

After completing this comprehensive training, you will have the necessary skills to:

Improve the memory accesses and data transfer rate between the PS and PL (macro-architecture optimization)

Apply HLS directives to enhance the performance of hardware functions (micro-architecture optimization)

Create a C-callable library for IP blocks written in a hardware description language like VHDL or Verilog

Override tool defaults to improve the performance of individual accelerators and the overall system

Create a custom platform using the SDSoC Platform Utility (sdspfm)

Describe how the reVISION Stack enables users to quickly develop applications based on machine

learning and computer vision with the SDx development environment