Intel® High Level Synthesis Compiler Pro Edition: User Guide

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1. Intel® High Level Synthesis Compiler Pro Edition User Guide 2. Overview of the Intel® High Level Synthesis (HLS) Compiler Pro Edition 3. Creating a High-Level Synthesis Component and Testbench 4. Verifying the Functionality of Your Design 5. Optimizing and Refining Your Component 6. Verifying Your IP with Simulation 7. Synthesize your Component IP with Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition 8. Integrating your IP into a System A. Reviewing the High-Level Design Reports (report.html) B. Intel® HLS Compiler Pro Edition Restrictions C. Intel® HLS Compiler Pro Edition User Guide Archives D. Document Revision History for Intel® HLS Compiler Pro Edition User Guide
2. Overview of the Intel® High Level Synthesis (HLS) Compiler Pro Edition x
2.1. High Level Synthesis Design Flow 2.2. The Project Directory
3. Creating a High-Level Synthesis Component and Testbench x
3.1. Intel® HLS Compiler Pro Edition Compiler-Defined Preprocessor Macros
5. Optimizing and Refining Your Component x
5.1. The High-Level Design Reports
6. Verifying Your IP with Simulation x
6.1. Generation of the Verification Testbench Executable 6.2. Debugging during Verification 6.3. High-Throughput Simulation (Asynchronous Component Calls) Using Enqueue Function Calls
6.3. High-Throughput Simulation (Asynchronous Component Calls) Using Enqueue Function Calls x
6.3.1. Execution Model 6.3.2. Comparison of Explicit and Enqueued Function Calls
8. Integrating your IP into a System x
8.1. Adding the HLS Compiler-Generated IP into an Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Project 8.2. Adding the HLS Compiler-Generated IP into a Platform Designer System
A. Reviewing the High-Level Design Reports (report.html) x
A.1. Reviewing the Summary Report A.2. Reviewing Component Architecture A.3. Reviewing Factors That Affect Throughput A.4. Reviewing Component Area Usage A.5. Accessing HLD FPGA Reports in JSON Format
A.2. Reviewing Component Architecture x
A.2.1. System Viewer A.2.2. Function Memory Viewer A.2.3. Schedule Viewer (Beta)
A.2.1. System Viewer x
A.2.1.1. Reviewing System Information A.2.1.2. Reviewing Function Information A.2.1.3. Reviewing Block Information A.2.1.4. Reviewing Cluster Information
A.2.1.2. Reviewing Function Information x
A.2.1.2.1. Reviewing Component Interfaces A.2.1.2.2. Reviewing Loops and Blocks in Your Component or Task
A.3. Reviewing Factors That Affect Throughput x
A.3.1. Loop Analysis Report A.3.2. Loops Viewer (Alpha) A.3.3. Verification Statistics Report
1. Intel® High Level Synthesis Compiler Pro Edition User Guide
2. Overview of the Intel® High Level Synthesis (HLS) Compiler Pro Edition
3. Creating a High-Level Synthesis Component and Testbench
4. Verifying the Functionality of Your Design
5. Optimizing and Refining Your Component
6. Verifying Your IP with Simulation
7. Synthesize your Component IP with Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition
8. Integrating your IP into a System
A. Reviewing the High-Level Design Reports (report.html)
B. Intel® HLS Compiler Pro Edition Restrictions
C. Intel® HLS Compiler Pro Edition User Guide Archives
D. Document Revision History for Intel® HLS Compiler Pro Edition User Guide

7. Synthesize your Component IP with Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition

When you are satisfied with the predicted performance of your component, use Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition to synthesize your component. Synthesis also generates accurate area and performance (fMAX) estimates for your design, however your design is not expected to cleanly close timing in the Intel® Quartus® Prime reports.

You can expect to see timing closure warnings in the Intel® Quartus® Prime logs because the generated project in the Intel® HLS Compiler quartus folder targets a clock speed of 1000 MHz to achieve the best possible placement for your design. The fMAX value presented in the High-Level Design Reports is an estimate of the maximum clock rate that your component can cleanly close timing for.

After the Intel® Quartus® Prime compilation completes, the Summary report of the High-Level Design Reports show the area and performance data for your components. These estimates are more accurate than estimates generated when you compile your component with the Intel® HLS Compiler Pro Edition.

Typically, Intel® Quartus® Prime compilation times can take minutes to hours depending on the size and complexity of your components.

To synthesize your component IP and generate quality of results (QoR) data, do one of the following actions:

  • Instruct the HLS compiler to run the Intel® Quartus® Prime compilation flow automatically after synthesizing the components. Include the --quartus-compile option in your i++ command. 
    i++ -march="<FPGA_family_or_part_number>" --quartus-compile ...
    If you are trying to get an accurate estimate of the fMAX range of your component, use the --quartus-seed option to automate seed sweeps: 
    i++ -march="<FPGA_family_or_part_number>" --quartus-compile --quartus-seed <seed> ...
    Tip: For the best estimates, run the command multiple times, each with a different seed number.
  • If you already have the RTL for your component synthesized, you can navigate to the quartus directory and compile the Intel® Quartus® Prime project by invoking the following command: 
    quartus_sh --flow compile quartus_compile
    Tip: Add the path to quartus_sh (Linux) or quartus_sh.exe (Windows) to your PATH environment variable.
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