Intel® Agilex™ Variable Precision DSP Blocks User Guide

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1. Intel® Agilex™ Variable Precision DSP Blocks Overview 2. Intel® Agilex™ Variable Precision DSP Blocks Architecture 3. Intel® Agilex™ Variable Precision DSP Blocks Operational Modes 4. Intel® Agilex™ Variable Precision DSP Blocks Design Considerations 5. Native Fixed Point DSP Intel® Agilex™ FPGA IP Core References 6. Multiply Adder Intel® FPGA IP Core References 7. ALTMULT_COMPLEX Intel® FPGA IP Core Reference 8. LPM_MULT Intel® FPGA IP Core References 9. LPM_DIVIDE (Divider) Intel FPGA IP Core 10. Native Floating Point DSP Intel® Agilex™ FPGA IP References 11. Intel® Agilex™ Variable Precision DSP Blocks User Guide Archives 12. Document Revision History for the Intel® Agilex™ Variable Precision DSP Blocks User Guide
1. Intel® Agilex™ Variable Precision DSP Blocks Overview x
1.1. Features 1.2. Supported Operational Modes in Intel® Agilex™ Devices
1.2. Supported Operational Modes in Intel® Agilex™ Devices x
1.2.1. Fixed-point Arithmetic 1.2.2. Floating-point Arithmetic
2. Intel® Agilex™ Variable Precision DSP Blocks Architecture x
2.1. Fixed-point Arithmetic 2.2. Floating-point Arithmetic
2.1. Fixed-point Arithmetic x
2.1.1. Input Register Bank for Fixed-point Arithmetic 2.1.2. Pipeline Registers for Fixed-point Arithmetic 2.1.3. Pre-adder for Fixed-point Arithmetic 2.1.4. Internal Coefficient for Fixed-point Arithmetic 2.1.5. Multipliers for Fixed-point Arithmetic 2.1.6. Adder or Subtractor for Fixed-point Arithmetic 2.1.7. Accumulator, Chainout Adder, and Preload Constant for Fixed-point Arithmetic 2.1.8. Systolic Register for Fixed-point Arithmetic 2.1.9. Double Accumulation Register for Fixed-point Arithmetic 2.1.10. Output Register Bank for Fixed-point Arithmetic
2.1.7. Accumulator, Chainout Adder, and Preload Constant for Fixed-point Arithmetic x
2.1.7.1. Dynamic Chainout
2.2. Floating-point Arithmetic x
2.2.1. Input Register Bank for Floating-point Arithmetic 2.2.2. Pipeline Registers for Floating-point Arithmetic 2.2.3. Multipliers for Floating-point Arithmetic 2.2.4. Adder or Subtractor for Floating-point Arithmetic 2.2.5. Output Register Bank for Floating-point Arithmetic 2.2.6. Exception Handling for Floating-point Arithmetic
3. Intel® Agilex™ Variable Precision DSP Blocks Operational Modes x
3.1. Operational Modes for Fixed-point Arithmetic 3.2. Operational Modes for Floating-point Arithmetic
3.1. Operational Modes for Fixed-point Arithmetic x
3.1.1. Independent Multiplier Mode 3.1.2. 8 x 8 (Unsigned) or 9 x 9 (Signed) Sum of 4 Mode 3.1.3. Multiplier Adder Sum Mode 3.1.4. Independent Complex Multiplier 3.1.5. Systolic FIR Mode
3.1.1. Independent Multiplier Mode x
3.1.1.1. 18 × 18 or 18 × 19 Independent Multiplier 3.1.1.2. 27 × 27 Independent Multiplier
3.1.4. Independent Complex Multiplier x
3.1.4.1. 18 × 19 Multiplication Summed with 36-Bit Input Mode
3.1.5. Systolic FIR Mode x
3.1.5.1. Mapping Systolic Mode User View to Variable Precision Block Architecture View 3.1.5.2. 18-bit Systolic FIR Mode 3.1.5.3. 27-Bit Systolic FIR Mode
3.2. Operational Modes for Floating-point Arithmetic x
3.2.1. FP32 Single-precision Floating-point Arithmetic Functions 3.2.2. FP16 Half-precision Floating-point Arithmetic Functions 3.2.3. Multiple Floating-point Variable DSP Blocks Functions
3.2.1. FP32 Single-precision Floating-point Arithmetic Functions x
3.2.1.1. FP32 Multiplication Mode 3.2.1.2. Adder or Subtract Mode 3.2.1.3. Multiply Accumulate Mode 3.2.1.4. FP32 Vector One Mode 3.2.1.5. FP32 Vector Two Mode
3.2.2. FP16 Half-precision Floating-point Arithmetic Functions x
3.2.2.1. FP16 Supported Precision Formats 3.2.2.2. Sum of Two FP16 Multiplication Mode 3.2.2.3. Sum of Two FP16 Multiplication with FP32 Addition Mode 3.2.2.4. Sum of Two FP16 Multiplication with Accumulation Mode 3.2.2.5. FP16 Vector One Mode 3.2.2.6. FP16 Vector Two Mode 3.2.2.7. FP16 Vector Three Mode
3.2.3. Multiple Floating-point Variable DSP Blocks Functions x
3.2.3.1. Multiply-Add or Multiply-Subtract Mode 3.2.3.2. Direct Vector Dot Product 3.2.3.3. Complex Multiplication
4. Intel® Agilex™ Variable Precision DSP Blocks Design Considerations x
4.1. Fixed-point Arithmetic 4.2. Floating-point Arithmetic 4.3. DSP Block Cascade Limit in Intel® Agilex™ Devices
4.1. Fixed-point Arithmetic x
4.1.1. Configurations for Input, Pipeline, and Output Registers 4.1.2. Internal Coefficient and Pre-Adder for Fixed-point Arithmetic 4.1.3. Accumulator for Fixed-point Arithmetic 4.1.4. Input Cascade for Fixed-point Arithmetic 4.1.5. Chainout Adder
4.1.1. Configurations for Input, Pipeline, and Output Registers x
4.1.1.1. Restrictions for Input Registers 4.1.1.2. Restrictions for Pipeline Registers 4.1.1.3. Supported Register Configurations per Operation Modes
4.1.4. Input Cascade for Fixed-point Arithmetic x
4.1.4.1. Dynamic Scanin
4.2. Floating-point Arithmetic x
4.2.1. Configurations for Input, Pipeline, and Output Registers 4.2.2. Chainout Adder
4.2.1. Configurations for Input, Pipeline, and Output Registers x
4.2.1.1. FP32 Operation Modes Supported Register Configurations 4.2.1.2. FP16 Operation Mode Supported Register Configurations
5. Native Fixed Point DSP Intel® Agilex™ FPGA IP Core References x
5.1. Native Fixed Point DSP Intel® Agilex™ FPGA IP Release Information 5.2. Supported Operational Modes 5.3. Maximum Input Data Width for Fixed-point Arithmetic 5.4. Maximum Output Data Width for Fixed-point Arithmetic 5.5. Parameterizing Native Fixed Point DSP IP 5.6. Native Fixed Point DSP Intel® Agilex™ FPGA IP Signals
5.3. Maximum Input Data Width for Fixed-point Arithmetic x
5.3.1. Using Less Than 36-Bit Operand In 18 x 18 Plus 36 Mode Example
5.5. Parameterizing Native Fixed Point DSP IP x
5.5.1. Operation Mode Tab 5.5.2. Input Cascade Tab 5.5.3. Pre-adder Tab 5.5.4. Internal Coefficient Tab 5.5.5. Accumulator/Output Chaining 5.5.6. Pipelining 5.5.7. Clear Signal
5.6. Native Fixed Point DSP Intel® Agilex™ FPGA IP Signals x
5.6.1. 9 × 9 Sum of 4 Mode Signals 5.6.2. 18 × 18 Full Mode Signals 5.6.3. 18 × 18 Sum of Two Mode Signals 5.6.4. 18 × 18 Plus 36 Mode Signals 5.6.5. 18 × 18 Systolic Mode Signals 5.6.6. 27 × 27 Mode Signals
6. Multiply Adder Intel® FPGA IP Core References x
6.1. Multiply Adder Intel® FPGA IP Release Information 6.2. Features 6.3. Parameters 6.4. Signals
6.2. Features x
6.2.1. Pre-adder 6.2.2. Systolic Delay Register 6.2.3. Pre-load Constant 6.2.4. Double Accumulator
6.2.1. Pre-adder x
6.2.1.1. Pre-adder Simple Mode 6.2.1.2. Pre-adder Coefficient Mode 6.2.1.3. Pre-adder Input Mode 6.2.1.4. Pre-adder Square Mode 6.2.1.5. Pre-adder Constant Mode
6.3. Parameters x
6.3.1. General Tab 6.3.2. Extra Modes 6.3.3. Multipliers Tab 6.3.4. Preadder Tab 6.3.5. Accumulator Tab 6.3.6. Systolic/Chainout Tab 6.3.7. Pipelining Tab
7. ALTMULT_COMPLEX Intel® FPGA IP Core Reference x
7.1. ALTMULT_COMPLEX Intel® FPGA IP Release Information 7.2. Features 7.3. Complex Multiplication 7.4. Parameters 7.5. Signals
8. LPM_MULT Intel® FPGA IP Core References x
8.1. LPM_MULT Intel® FPGA IP Release Information 8.2. Features 8.3. Parameters 8.4. Signals
8.3. Parameters x
8.3.1. General Tab 8.3.2. General 2 Tab 8.3.3. Pipelining Tab
9. LPM_DIVIDE (Divider) Intel FPGA IP Core x
9.1. LPM_DIVIDE Intel® FPGA IP Release Information 9.2. Features 9.3. Verilog HDL Prototype 9.4. VHDL Component Declaration 9.5. VHDL LIBRARY_USE Declaration 9.6. Ports 9.7. Parameters
9.7. Parameters x
9.7.1. General Tab 9.7.2. General1 Tab
10. Native Floating Point DSP Intel® Agilex™ FPGA IP References x
10.1. Native Floating Point DSP Intel® Agilex™ FPGA IP Release Information 10.2. Native Floating Point DSP Intel® Agilex™ FPGA IP Core Supported Operational Modes 10.3. Parameterizing the Native Floating Point DSP Intel® Agilex™ FPGA IP 10.4. Native Floating Point DSP Intel® Agilex™ FPGA IP Core Signals
10.3. Parameterizing the Native Floating Point DSP Intel® Agilex™ FPGA IP x
10.3.1. General Tab 10.3.2. Registers Tab
10.4. Native Floating Point DSP Intel® Agilex™ FPGA IP Core Signals x
10.4.1. FP32 Multiplication Mode Signals 10.4.2. FP32 Addition or Subtraction Mode Signals 10.4.3. FP32 Multiplication with Addition or Subtraction Mode Signals 10.4.4. FP32 Multiplication with Accumulation Mode Signals 10.4.5. FP32 Vector One and Vector Two Modes Signals 10.4.6. Sum of Two FP16 Multiplication Mode Signals 10.4.7. Sum of Two FP16 Multiplication with FP32 Addition Mode Signals 10.4.8. Sum of Two FP16 Multiplication with Accumulation Mode Signals 10.4.9. FP16 Vector One and Vector Two Modes Signals 10.4.10. FP16 Vector Three Mode Signals
1. Intel® Agilex™ Variable Precision DSP Blocks Overview
2. Intel® Agilex™ Variable Precision DSP Blocks Architecture
3. Intel® Agilex™ Variable Precision DSP Blocks Operational Modes
4. Intel® Agilex™ Variable Precision DSP Blocks Design Considerations
5. Native Fixed Point DSP Intel® Agilex™ FPGA IP Core References
6. Multiply Adder Intel® FPGA IP Core References
7. ALTMULT_COMPLEX Intel® FPGA IP Core Reference
8. LPM_MULT Intel® FPGA IP Core References
9. LPM_DIVIDE (Divider) Intel FPGA IP Core
10. Native Floating Point DSP Intel® Agilex™ FPGA IP References
11. Intel® Agilex™ Variable Precision DSP Blocks User Guide Archives
12. Document Revision History for the Intel® Agilex™ Variable Precision DSP Blocks User Guide

10.4.9. FP16 Vector One and Vector Two Modes Signals

Figure 80. FP16 Vector One and Vector Two Modes Signals


Table 136.   Data Input and Output Signals
Signal Name Type Width Default Description
fp32_adder_a[31:0] Input 32 Low Input data bus to the FP32 adder.
fp16_mult_top_a[15:0] Input 16 Low Input data bus to the top FP16 multiplier.
fp16_mult_top_b[15:0] Input 16 Low Input data bus to the top FP16 multiplier.
fp16_mult_bot_a[15:0] Input 16 Low Input data bus to the bottom FP16 multiplier.
fp16_mult_bot_b[16:0] Input 16 Low Input data bus to the bottom FP16 multiplier.
fp32_chainin[31:0] Input 32 Low

Connect these signals to the chainout signals from the preceding floating-point DSP IP core.

fp32_result[31:0] Output 32 — Output data bus from IP core.
fp32_chainout[31:0] Output 32 — Connect these signals to the chainin signals of the next floating-point DSP IP core.
Table 137.  Clock, Enable, and Clear Signals
Signal Name Type Width Default Description
clk[0] Input 1 — Input clock for all registers.
ena[2:0] Input 3 — Clock enable signals for all registers.

These signals are active-High.
clr[1:0] Input 2 Low These signals can be asynchronous or synchronous clear input signals for all registers. You may select the type of clear input signal using Type of clear signal parameter.

These signals are active-High.

For more information about clock enable restrictions for input registers, refer to the related information.
Table 138.  Exception Flag Signals
Signal Name Type Width Default Description
fp16_mult_top_overflow/fp16_mult_bot_overflow Output 1 —

1: If the multiplier result is a larger value compared to the maximum representable value and the result is cast to infinity.This signal indicates if the top/bottom fp16 multiplier result is a larger value compared to the maximum presentable value.

This signal indicates if the top/bottom fp160: If the multiplier result is not larger than the maximum presentable value.

fp16_mult_top_underflow/fp16_mult_bot_underflow Output 1 —

This signal indicates if the top/bottom fp16 multiplier result is a smaller value compared to the minimum presentable value.

1: If the multiplier result is a smaller value compared to the minimum representable value and the result is flushed to zero.

0: If the multiplier result is a larger than the minimum representable value.

fp16_mult_top_inexact/fp16_mult_bot_inexact Output 1 —

This signal indicates if the top/bottom fp16 multiplier result is an exact representation.

1: If the multiplier result is:
  • a rounded value or
  • a smaller value compared to the minimum representable value or
  • a larger value compared to the maximum representable value.

0: If the multiplier result does not meet any of the criteria above.

fp16_mult_top_invalid/fp16_mult_bot_invalid Output 1 —

This signal indicates if the top/bottom fp16 multiplier operation is ill-defined and produces an invalid result.

1: If the multiplier result is invalid and cast to qNaN.

0: If the multiplier result is not an invalid number.

fp16_adder_overflow/fp32_adder_overflow Output 1 —

This signal indicates if the FP16/FP32 adder result is a larger value compared to the maximum representable value.

1: If the adder result is a larger value compared to the maximum presentable value and the result is cast to infinity.

0: If the multiplier result is not larger than the maximum presentable value.

fp16_adder_underflow/fp32_adder_underflow Output 1 —

This signal indicates if the FP16/FP32 adder result is a smaller value compared to the minimum presentable value.

1: If the multiplier result is a smaller value compared to the minimum representable value and the result is flushed to zero.

0: If the multiplier result is a larger than the minimum representable value.

fp16_adder_inexact/fp32_adder_inexact Output 1 —

This signal indicates if the FP16/FP32 adder result is an exact representation.

1: If the adder result is:
  • a rounded value
  • a smaller value compared to the minimum representable value or
  • a larger value compared to the maximum representable value.

0: If the multiplier result does not meet any of the criteria above.

fp16_adder_invalid/fp32_adder_invalid Output 1 —

This signal indicates if the FP16/FP32 adder operation is ill-defined and produces an invalid result.

1: If the multiplier result is invalid and cast to qNaN.

0: If the multiplier result is not an invalid number.

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