Intel® FPGA SDK for OpenCL™ Pro Edition: Getting Started Guide

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1. Intel® FPGA SDK for OpenCL™ Pro Edition Getting Started Guide 2. Getting Started with the Intel® FPGA SDK for OpenCL™ Pro Edition for Windows 3. Getting Started with the Intel® FPGA SDK for OpenCL™ Pro Edition for Linux A. Intel® FPGA SDK for OpenCL™ Pro Edition Getting Started Guide Archives B. Document Revision History of the Intel® FPGA SDK for OpenCL™ Pro Edition Getting Started Guide
1. Intel® FPGA SDK for OpenCL™ Pro Edition Getting Started Guide x
1.1. Prerequisites for the Intel® FPGA SDK for OpenCL™ Pro Edition 1.2. Intel® FPGA SDK for OpenCL™ Pro Edition and OpenCL BSP Backwards Compatibility 1.3. Contents of the Intel® FPGA SDK for OpenCL™ Pro Edition 1.4. Overview of the Intel® FPGA SDK for OpenCL™ Pro Edition Setup Process
1.1. Prerequisites for the Intel® FPGA SDK for OpenCL™ Pro Edition x
1.1.1. GCC Requirement
2. Getting Started with the Intel® FPGA SDK for OpenCL™ Pro Edition for Windows x
2.1. Downloading the Intel® FPGA SDK for OpenCL™ Pro Edition 2.2. Installing the Intel® FPGA SDK for OpenCL™ Pro Edition 2.3. Setting the Intel® FPGA SDK for OpenCL™ Pro Edition User Environment Variables 2.4. Verifying Software Installation 2.5. Installing an FPGA Board 2.6. Verifying Host Runtime Functionality via Emulation 2.7. Creating the FPGA Hardware Configuration File of an OpenCL Kernel 2.8. Updating the Hardware Image on the FPGA 2.9. Executing an OpenCL Kernel on an FPGA 2.10. Uninstalling an FPGA Board 2.11. Uninstalling the Software
2.5. Installing an FPGA Board x
2.5.1. Enabling Backwards Compatibility for an FPGA Board
2.6. Verifying Host Runtime Functionality via Emulation x
2.6.1. Accessing an OpenCL Design Example 2.6.2. Compiling a Kernel for Emulation 2.6.3. Building the Host Application 2.6.4. Emulating Your OpenCL Kernel
2.8. Updating the Hardware Image on the FPGA x
2.8.1. Querying the Device Name of Your FPGA Board 2.8.2. Programming the Flash Memory of an FPGA
2.9. Executing an OpenCL Kernel on an FPGA x
2.9.1. Running the Host Application 2.9.2. Output from Successful Kernel Execution
3. Getting Started with the Intel® FPGA SDK for OpenCL™ Pro Edition for Linux x
3.1. Downloading the Intel® FPGA SDK for OpenCL™ Pro Edition 3.2. Installing the Intel® FPGA SDK for OpenCL™ Pro Edition 3.3. Setting the Intel® FPGA SDK for OpenCL™ Pro Edition User Environment Variables 3.4. Verifying Software Installation 3.5. Installing an FPGA Board 3.6. Verifying Host Runtime Functionality via Emulation 3.7. Creating the FPGA Hardware Configuration File of an OpenCL Kernel 3.8. Updating the Hardware Image on the FPGA 3.9. Executing an OpenCL Kernel on an FPGA 3.10. Uninstalling an FPGA Board 3.11. Uninstalling the Software
3.5. Installing an FPGA Board x
3.5.1. Enabling Backwards Compatibility for an FPGA Board
3.6. Verifying Host Runtime Functionality via Emulation x
3.6.1. Accessing an OpenCL Design Example 3.6.2. Compiling a Kernel for Emulation 3.6.3. Building the Host Application 3.6.4. Emulating Your OpenCL Kernel
3.8. Updating the Hardware Image on the FPGA x
3.8.1. Querying the Device Name of Your FPGA Board 3.8.2. Programming the Flash Memory of an FPGA
3.9. Executing an OpenCL Kernel on an FPGA x
3.9.1. Running the Host Application 3.9.2. Output from Successful Kernel Execution
1. Intel® FPGA SDK for OpenCL™ Pro Edition Getting Started Guide
2. Getting Started with the Intel® FPGA SDK for OpenCL™ Pro Edition for Windows
3. Getting Started with the Intel® FPGA SDK for OpenCL™ Pro Edition for Linux
A. Intel® FPGA SDK for OpenCL™ Pro Edition Getting Started Guide Archives
B. Document Revision History of the Intel® FPGA SDK for OpenCL™ Pro Edition Getting Started Guide

2.9.2. Output from Successful Kernel Execution3.9.2. Output from Successful Kernel Execution

When you run the host application to execute your OpenCL™ kernel on the target FPGA, the OpenCL™ software notifies you of a successful kernel execution.

Example output: 

Reprogramming device [0] with handle 1
Querying platform for info:
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CL_PLATFORM_NAME                         = Intel(R) FPGA SDK for OpenCL(TM)
CL_PLATFORM_VENDOR                       = Intel Corporation
CL_PLATFORM_VERSION = OpenCL 1.0 Intel(R) FPGA SDK for OpenCL(TM), <version>

Querying device for info:
========================
CL_DEVICE_NAME                           = <board name> : <descriptive board name>
CL_DEVICE_VENDOR                         = <board vendor name>
CL_DEVICE_VENDOR_ID                      = <board vendor ID>
CL_DEVICE_VERSION   = OpenCL 1.0 Intel(R) FPGA SDK for OpenCL(TM), <version>
CL_DRIVER_VERSION                        = <version>
CL_DEVICE_ADDRESS_BITS                   = 64
CL_DEVICE_AVAILABLE                      = true
CL_DEVICE_ENDIAN_LITTLE                  = true
CL_DEVICE_GLOBAL_MEM_CACHE_SIZE          = 32768
CL_DEVICE_GLOBAL_MEM_CACHELINE_SIZE      = 0
CL_DEVICE_GLOBAL_MEM_SIZE                = 8589934592
CL_DEVICE_IMAGE_SUPPORT                  = true
CL_DEVICE_LOCAL_MEM_SIZE                 = 16384
CL_DEVICE_MAX_CLOCK_FREQUENCY            = 1000
CL_DEVICE_MAX_COMPUTE_UNITS              = 1
CL_DEVICE_MAX_CONSTANT_ARGS              = 8
CL_DEVICE_MAX_CONSTANT_BUFFER_SIZE       = 2147483648
CL_DEVICE_MAX_WORK_ITEM_DIMENSIONS       = 3
CL_DEVICE_MEM_BASE_ADDR_ALIGN            = 8192
CL_DEVICE_MIN_DATA_TYPE_ALIGN_SIZE       = 1024
CL_DEVICE_PREFERRED_VECTOR_WIDTH_CHAR    = 4
CL_DEVICE_PREFERRED_VECTOR_WIDTH_SHORT   = 2
CL_DEVICE_PREFERRED_VECTOR_WIDTH_INT     = 1
CL_DEVICE_PREFERRED_VECTOR_WIDTH_LONG    = 1
CL_DEVICE_PREFERRED_VECTOR_WIDTH_FLOAT   = 1
CL_DEVICE_PREFERRED_VECTOR_WIDTH_DOUBLE  = 0
Command queue out of order?              = false
Command queue profiling enabled?         = true
Using AOCX: hello_world.aocx

Kernel initialization is complete.
Launching the kernel...

Thread #2: Hello from the Intel(R) FPGA OpenCL(TM) compiler!

Kernel execution is complete.
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