Comparison of FPGA Software and Firmware Stacks

Xilinx Alveo U280 with Virtex Ultrascale+ FPGA

Bittware 520N with Stratix 10 FPGA

This contains the compiler with high-level-synthesis features and an emulator for testing. New optimizaiton features depend mostly on this tool.

Xilinx Vitits

ml xilinx/vitis

Intel oneAPI

ml intel/oneAPI

Intel FPGA SDK for OpenCL

ml intel/opencl_sdk

This component is configured on the FPGA and provides base funtionality like PCIe, and DDR or HBM2 controllers.

Xilinx shell

ml xilinx/u280

Part of Bittware Board Support Package (BSP), available with (_max) and without (_hpc) external channels for direct FPGA-to-FPGA communication.

ml bittware/520n

This is a software component that controls the interaction with the FPGA shell.

Xilinx XRT

ml xilinx/xrt

Part of Bittware Board Support Package (BSP), available with (_max) and without (_hpc) external channels for direct FPGA-to-FPGA communication.

ml bittware/520n (module combines FPGA shell and driver)

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