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HLS Synthesisable Subset.

Can we convert arbitrary or legacy programs to hardware ? Not very well in general.

Can we write new C programs that compile to good hardware ? Yes. But we must stick to the supported subset for synthesis.

Typical HLS restrictions:

An early example » DJG C-To-V compiler from 1995. » Bubble Sorter Example

Today commercial HLS tools are widely available : SystemCrafter, Catapult, SimVision, CoCentric, C-to-Verilog.com, Vivado HLS, ... others.

And research HLS tools, such as Kiwi and LegUp, support floating point, pointers and some dynamic storage allocation using DRAM banks as necessary,


16: (C) 2008-17, DJ Greaves, University of Cambridge, Computer Laboratory.