Designing with Versal AI Engine 3: Kernel Programming and Optimization

Course Description

This course covers the advanced features of the Versal™ Adaptive SoC AI Engine, including debugging an application in the Vitis™ unified software platform, using filter intrinsics, implementing a system design in hardware, and optimizing an AI Engine kernel program.The emphasis of this course is on:

• Reviewing the advanced features of the Versal Adaptive SoC AI Engine architecture.
• Optimizing AI Engine kernels using compiler directives, programming style, and efficient movement of data.
• Describing C++ kernel template functionality
• Identifying the different types of kernel instance states
• Using AI Engine filter intrinsics and programming a FIR filter using filter intrinsics
• Debugging applications using the Vitis unified software platform
• Describing the AMD Xilinx Add-on for MATLAB and Simulink tool for AI Engine kernel development

Level

Connectivity 3

Training Duration

3 days

Who Should Attend?

Software and hardware developers, system architects, and anyone who needs to accelerate their software applications using AMD Xilinx devices

Prerequisites

• Comfort with the C/C++ programming language
• Software development flow
• Vitis software for application acceleration development flow
• Designing with Versal AI Engine 1: Architecture and Design Flow
• Designing with Versal AI Engine 2: Graph Programming with AI Engine Kernels

Skills Gained

After completing this comprehensive training, you will have the necessary skills to:

• Reviewing the advanced features of the Versal Adaptive SoC AI Engine architecture
• Optimizing AI Engine kernels using compiler directives, programming style, and efficient movement of data
• Describing C++ kernel template functionality
• Identifying the different types of kernel instance states
• Programming a FIR filter using AI Engine APIs
• Debugging applications using the Vitis unified software platform

Course Outline

• AI Engine Architecture
• Versal AI Engine Data Movement and Interfaces
• Overview of AI Engine Kernel Optimization
• AI Engine Kernel Optimization –Compiler Directives
• AI Engine Kernel Optimization –Coding Style
• Advanced C++ Kernel Programming
• Vector Data Types (Review)
• AI Engine Symmetric Filter Implementation
• Debugging AI Engine Applications 1
• Debugging AI Engine Applications 2 (Use Cases)
• Versal AI Engine DSP Library Overview
• AI Engine Symmetric Filter Implemention
• AI Engine Non-Symmetric Filter Implementation
• Designing with Versal AI Engine 3 Full Course Quiz