Variable Precision DSP Blocks User Guide: Agilex™ 5 FPGAs and SoCs

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1. Agilex™ 5 Variable Precision DSP Blocks Overview 2. Agilex™ 5 Variable Precision DSP Blocks Architecture 3. Agilex™ 5 Variable Precision DSP Blocks Operational Modes 4. Agilex™ 5 Variable Precision DSP Blocks Design Considerations 5. Native Fixed Point DSP Agilex™ FPGA IP Core References 6. Multiply Adder Intel® FPGA IP Core References 7. ALTMULT_COMPLEX Intel® FPGA IP Core References 8. LPM_MULT Intel® FPGA IP Core References 9. LPM_DIVIDE (Divider) Intel FPGA IP Core 10. Native Floating Point DSP Agilex™ FPGA IP References 11. Native AI Optimized DSP Agilex™ FPGA IP References 12. Document Revision History for the Agilex™ 5 Variable Precision DSP Blocks User Guide
1. Agilex™ 5 Variable Precision DSP Blocks Overview x
1.1. Features 1.2. Supported Operational Modes in Agilex™ 5 Devices
1.2. Supported Operational Modes in Agilex™ 5 Devices x
1.2.1. Fixed-point Arithmetic 1.2.2. Floating-point Arithmetic
2. Agilex™ 5 Variable Precision DSP Blocks Architecture x
2.1. Fixed-point Arithmetic 2.2. Floating-point Arithmetic 2.3. Tensor Mode
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. Agilex™ 5 Variable Precision DSP Blocks Operational Modes x
3.1. Operational Modes for Fixed-point Arithmetic 3.2. Operational Modes for Floating-point Arithmetic 3.3. Operational Modes for Tensor Mode
3.1. Operational Modes for Fixed-point Arithmetic x
3.1.1. Independent Multiplier Mode 3.1.2. Multiplier Adder Sum Mode 3.1.3. Independent Complex Multiplier 3.1.4. 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
3.1.2. Multiplier Adder Sum Mode x
3.1.2.1. 8 x 8 (Unsigned) or 9 x 9 (Signed) Sum of 6 Mode
3.1.2.1. 8 x 8 (Unsigned) or 9 x 9 (Signed) Sum of 6 Mode x
3.1.2.1.1. 18 × 19 Multiplication Summed with 36-Bit Input Mode
3.1.4. Systolic FIR Mode x
3.1.4.1. Mapping Systolic Mode User View to Variable Precision Block Architecture View 3.1.4.2. 18-bit Systolic FIR Mode 3.1.4.3. 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
3.3. Operational Modes for Tensor Mode x
3.3.1. Data Input Feed Preloading Method 3.3.2. Side Input Feed Preloading Method 3.3.3. Tensor Floating-point Mode 3.3.4. Tensor Fixed-point Mode 3.3.5. Tensor Accumulation Mode
3.3.3. Tensor Floating-point Mode x
3.3.3.1. Input Register Bank for Tensor Floating-point Mode 3.3.3.2. Pipeline Registers for Tensor Floating-point Mode 3.3.3.3. Cascade Signals for Tensor Floating-point Mode 3.3.3.4. Output Registers for Tensor Floating-point Mode
3.3.4. Tensor Fixed-point Mode x
3.3.4.1. Input Register Bank for Tensor Fixed-point Mode 3.3.4.2. Pipeline Registers for Tensor Fixed-point Mode 3.3.4.3. Cascade Signals for Tensor Fixed-point Mode 3.3.4.4. Output Registers for Tensor Fixed-point Mode
3.3.5. Tensor Accumulation Mode x
3.3.5.1. Input Register Bank for Tensor Accumulation Mode 3.3.5.2. Pipeline Registers for Tensor Accumulation Mode 3.3.5.3. Cascade Signals for Tensor Accumulation Mode 3.3.5.4. Output Registers for Tensor Accumulation Mode
4. Agilex™ 5 Variable Precision DSP Blocks Design Considerations x
4.1. Fixed-point Arithmetic 4.2. Floating-point Arithmetic 4.3. DSP Block Cascade Limit in Agilex™ 5 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 Agilex™ FPGA IP Core References x
5.1. Native Fixed Point DSP 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 Agilex™ FPGA IP Signals 5.7. IP Migration
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 Agilex™ FPGA IP Signals x
5.6.1. 9 × 9 Sum of 6 Mode Signals 5.6.2. 16 × 16 Complex Multiplier Mode Signals 5.6.3. 18 × 18 Full Mode Signals 5.6.4. 18 × 18 Sum of Two Mode Signals 5.6.5. 18 × 18 Plus 36 Mode Signals 5.6.6. 18 × 18 Systolic Mode Signals 5.6.7. 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 References x
7.1. ALTMULT_COMPLEX Intel® FPGA IP Release Information 7.2. Features 7.3. Parameters 7.4. 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 Agilex™ FPGA IP References x
10.1. Native Floating Point DSP Agilex™ FPGA IP Release Information 10.2. Native Floating Point DSP Agilex™ FPGA IP Core Supported Operational Modes 10.3. Parameterizing the Native Floating Point DSP Agilex™ FPGA IP 10.4. Native Floating Point DSP Agilex™ FPGA IP Core Signals 10.5. IP Migration
10.3. Parameterizing the Native Floating Point DSP Agilex™ FPGA IP x
10.3.1. General Tab 10.3.2. Registers Tab
10.4. Native Floating Point DSP 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
11. Native AI Optimized DSP Agilex™ FPGA IP References x
11.1. Native AI Optimized DSP Agilex™ FPGA IP Release Information 11.2. Native AI Optimized DSP Agilex™ FPGA IP Core Supported Operational Modes 11.3. Parameterizing the Native AI Optimized DSP Agilex™ FPGA IP 11.4. Native AI Optimized DSP Agilex™ FPGA IP Core Signals 11.5. IP Migration
11.3. Parameterizing the Native AI Optimized DSP Agilex™ FPGA IP x
11.3.1. Operation Mode Tab 11.3.2. Clock Source Enable/Clear Tab
11.4. Native AI Optimized DSP Agilex™ FPGA IP Core Signals x
11.4.1. Tensor Floating-point Mode Signals 11.4.2. Tensor Fixed-point Mode Signals 11.4.3. Tensor Accumulation Mode Signals
1. Agilex™ 5 Variable Precision DSP Blocks Overview
2. Agilex™ 5 Variable Precision DSP Blocks Architecture
3. Agilex™ 5 Variable Precision DSP Blocks Operational Modes
4. Agilex™ 5 Variable Precision DSP Blocks Design Considerations
5. Native Fixed Point DSP Agilex™ FPGA IP Core References
6. Multiply Adder Intel® FPGA IP Core References
7. ALTMULT_COMPLEX Intel® FPGA IP Core References
8. LPM_MULT Intel® FPGA IP Core References
9. LPM_DIVIDE (Divider) Intel FPGA IP Core
10. Native Floating Point DSP Agilex™ FPGA IP References
11. Native AI Optimized DSP Agilex™ FPGA IP References
12. Document Revision History for the Agilex™ 5 Variable Precision DSP Blocks User Guide

3.3.3. Tensor Floating-point Mode

In tensor floating-point mode, two columns of ten 8-bit weights and 8-bit shared exponents are preloaded into the ping-pong buffers by using one of the following methods:
  • Data input feed
  • Side input feed

A signed 20-bit fixed-point DOT product vector is calculated using the preloaded weights and data_in_{1..10} inputs.

The DOT product performs 10 signed 8x8 multiplications.

Next, the fixed-point to 32-bit floating-point converter converts the output of each DOT product into 32-bit floating-point values that are adjusted by the shared_exponent_data[7:0] and preloaded buffer share exponent values.

Then, the accumulator adds or subtracts the cascade_data_in_col_{1..2} or the previous cycle’s accumulation value depending upon the dynamic inputs acc_en and zero_en.

Whether the accumulator adds or subtracts is an IP configuration option.

The accumulator outputs the data in FP32 data format to the core fabric as fp32_col_{1..2}[31:0] and or the next DSP block in the chain through the cascade_data_out_col_{1..2}[31:0] buses.

Table 23.  Tensor Floating-point Mode Equations
zero_en acc_en fp32_col_1[31:0] fp32_col_2[31..0]
0 0 32-bit floating point conversion of ( data_in_1[7:0]*B1C1 + data_in_2[7:0]*B2C1 + data_in_3[7:0]*B3C1 + data_in_4[7:0]*B4C1 + data_in_5[7:0]*B5C1 + data_in_6[7:0]*B6C1 + data_in_7[7:0]*B7C1 + data_in_8[7:0]*B8C1 + data_in_9[7:0]*B9C1 + data_in_10[7:0]*B10C1) +/- cascade_data_in_col_1[31..0] 32-bit floating point conversion of ( data_in_1[7:0]*B1C2 + data_in_2[7:0]*B2C2 + data_in_3[7:0]*B3C2 + data_in_4[7:0]*B4C2 + data_in_5[7:0]*B5C2 + data_in_6[7:0]*B6C2 + data_in_7[7:0]*B7C2 + data_in_8[7:0]*B8C2 + data_in_9[7:0]*B9C2 + data_in_10[7:0]*B10C2) +/- cascade_data_in_col_2[31..0]
0 1 32-bit floating point conversion of ( data_in_1[7:0]*B1C1 + data_in_2[7:0]*B2C1 + data_in_3[7:0]*B3C1 + data_in_4[7:0]*B4C1 + data_in_5[7:0]*B5C1 + data_in_6[7:0]*B6C1 + data_in_7[7:0]*B7C1 + data_in_8[7:0]*B8C1 + data_in_9[7:0]*B9C1 + data_in_10[7:0]*B10C1) +/- fp32_col_1[31..0] 32-bit floating point conversion of ( data_in_1[7:0]*B1C2 + data_in_2[7:0]*B2C2 + data_in_3[7:0]*B3C2 + data_in_4[7:0]*B4C2 + data_in_5[7:0]*B5C2 + data_in_6[7:0]*B6C2 + data_in_7[7:0]*B7C2 + data_in_8[7:0]*B8C2 + data_in_9[7:0]*B9C2 + data_in_10[7:0]*B10C2) +/- fp32_col_2[31..0]
1 NA 32-bit floating point conversion of ( data_in_1[7:0]*B1C1 + data_in_2[7:0]*B2C1 + data_in_3[7:0]*B3C1 + data_in_4[7:0]*B4C1 + data_in_5[7:0]*B5C1 + data_in_6[7:0]*B6C1 + data_in_7[7:0]*B7C1 + data_in_8[7:0]*B8C1 + data_in_9[7:0]*B9C1 + data_in_10[7:0]*B10C1) 32-bit floating point conversion of ( data_in_1[7:0]*B1C2 + data_in_2[7:0]*B2C2 + data_in_3[7:0]*B3C2 + data_in_4[7:0]*B4C2 + data_in_5[7:0]*B5C2 + data_in_6[7:0]*B6C2 + data_in_7[7:0]*B7C2 + data_in_8[7:0]*B8C2 + data_in_9[7:0]*B9C2 + data_in_10[7:0]*B10C2)

The output signals fp32_col_{1..2}_flag[3:0] are provided in conjunction with the floating point output to show the exception type. The encoding of this signal is as shown in the following table.

Table 24.  Exception Handling Results
bit 3 Overflow
bit 2 Underflow
bit 1 Inexact
bit 0 Invalid (NaN)
Figure 56. Tensor Floating-point Mode One Column Datapath

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Input Register Bank for Tensor Floating-point Mode
Pipeline Registers for Tensor Floating-point Mode
Cascade Signals for Tensor Floating-point Mode
Output Registers for Tensor Floating-point Mode

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