Late Breaking Results: PyAIE: A Python-based Programming Framework for Versal ACAP Platforms

In order to satisfy the exploding demand from various computation-intensive applications, AMD-Xilinx released Versal, a heterogeneous Adaptive Compute Acceleration Platform (ACAP) with powerful heterogeneous acceleration capabilities. Most AI/ML applications use Python as their primary programming l...

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Published in:2023 60th ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC) pp. 1 - 2
Main Authors: Tian, Hongzheng, Yang, Shining, Cha, Yoonha, Huang, Sitao
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Published: IEEE 09.07.2023
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Abstract In order to satisfy the exploding demand from various computation-intensive applications, AMD-Xilinx released Versal, a heterogeneous Adaptive Compute Acceleration Platform (ACAP) with powerful heterogeneous acceleration capabilities. Most AI/ML applications use Python as their primary programming language these days; yet, AI engine codes as well as numerous Versal ACAP-based acceleration projects must be written in C/C++ with low-level intrinsics in order to take advantage of the Versal ACAP platform. To fill the gap of programming abstractions of applications and Versal ACAP platforms, we propose PyAIE, a Python-based programming framework specifically targeting Versal ACAP architecture. PyAIE allows users to focus on algorithm-level designs without knowledge of the underlying low-level details. PyAIE automatically translates Python code into the optimized C/C++ code for AI Engine kernels, PL kernels, and host, along with configuration script files, thereby completing the entire AI Engine-based system design. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first Python-based programming and compilation flow designed specifically for Versal ACAP platforms.
AbstractList In order to satisfy the exploding demand from various computation-intensive applications, AMD-Xilinx released Versal, a heterogeneous Adaptive Compute Acceleration Platform (ACAP) with powerful heterogeneous acceleration capabilities. Most AI/ML applications use Python as their primary programming language these days; yet, AI engine codes as well as numerous Versal ACAP-based acceleration projects must be written in C/C++ with low-level intrinsics in order to take advantage of the Versal ACAP platform. To fill the gap of programming abstractions of applications and Versal ACAP platforms, we propose PyAIE, a Python-based programming framework specifically targeting Versal ACAP architecture. PyAIE allows users to focus on algorithm-level designs without knowledge of the underlying low-level details. PyAIE automatically translates Python code into the optimized C/C++ code for AI Engine kernels, PL kernels, and host, along with configuration script files, thereby completing the entire AI Engine-based system design. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first Python-based programming and compilation flow designed specifically for Versal ACAP platforms.
Author Tian, Hongzheng
Huang, Sitao
Yang, Shining
Cha, Yoonha
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