Designing with Versal AI Engine 3: Kernel Programming and Optimization

This course, Versal^® AI Engine 3, covers the advanced features of the Versal ACAP 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 describing the advanced features of the Versal ACAP AI Engine architecture, debugging applications using the Vitis unified software platform, using AI Engine filter intrinsics and programming a FIR filter using filter intrinsics, implementing system integration in hardware, and optimizing AI Engine kernels using compiler directives, programming style, and efficient movement of data.

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2-Day Instructor-led Course	Price USD	Training Credits
Hosted Online - $299/day	$598	6
In-Person Registration - $399/day	$798	8
Printed Course Book (A PDF book is included in the course fee)	$100	1
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May 23-24, 2023 | Register Today

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February 6-7, 2024 | Register Today

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Training Duration:

2 Days

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Who should attend:

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

Skills Gained

After completing this comprehensive training, you will know how to:

Debug an application using the simulation debugging methodology and event traces
Identify and debug the various problems that arise in application development
Utilize various AI Engine kernel optimization techniques, such as compiler directives, software pipelining, coding for performance, and core utilization
Apply C coding guidelines for performance improvement, including function inlining, pointer restricting, and code shuffling
Implement an AI Engine kernel using intrinsics for a symmetric FIR with mul4_sym and mac4_sym
Implement an AI Engine kernel using a non-symmetric FIR with mul4_nc and mac4_nc
Develop and generate an AI Engine kernel using Model Composer

Course Outline

Day 1	Day 2
Introduction to AI Engine Architecture (Review) {Lecture} Versal AI Engine and Data Movement {Lecture} Debugging AI Engine Applications 1 {Lecture, Lab} Debugging AI Engine Applications 2 (Use Cases) {Lecture} Overview of AI Engine Kernel Optimization {Lecture} AI Engine Kernel Optimization Compiler Directives {Lecture} AI Engine Kernel Optimization Coding Style {Lecture} AI Engine Kernel Optimization {Lab}	Advanced C++ Kernel Programming {Lecture, Labs} Data Types – Review {Lecture} AI Engine Symmetric Filter Implementation {Lecture, Lab} AI Engine Non-Symmetric Filter Implementation {Lecture} Floating-point Operations {Lecture} Model Composer for AI Engine Development {Lecture}

Day 1

Day 2

Introduction to AI Engine Architecture (Review) {Lecture}
Versal AI Engine and Data Movement {Lecture}
Debugging AI Engine Applications 1 {Lecture, Lab}
Debugging AI Engine Applications 2 (Use Cases) {Lecture}
Overview of AI Engine Kernel Optimization {Lecture}
AI Engine Kernel Optimization Compiler Directives {Lecture}
AI Engine Kernel Optimization Coding Style {Lecture}
AI Engine Kernel Optimization {Lab}

Advanced C++ Kernel Programming {Lecture, Labs}
Data Types – Review {Lecture}
AI Engine Symmetric Filter Implementation {Lecture, Lab}
AI Engine Non-Symmetric Filter Implementation {Lecture}
Floating-point Operations {Lecture}
Model Composer for AI Engine Development {Lecture}

Please note: The instructor may change the content order to provide a better learning experience.

Prerequisites:

Comfort with the C/C++ programming language
Software development flow
Vitis software for application acceleration development flow
Designing with Versal AI Engine 1 and 2

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Updated 3-22-2023

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