Intel® Accelerator Functional Unit (AFU) Simulation Environment (ASE) Quick Start User Guide

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Date 4/11/2018
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1. Intel® Accelerator Functional Unit (AFU) Simulation Environment (ASE)

Updated for:
Intel® Acceleration Stack for Intel® Xeon® CPU with FPGAs 1.0 Production
The Intel® Accelerator Functional Unit (AFU) Simulation Environment (ASE) is a hardware software co-simulation environment for the Intel® Xeon FPGA development kit based on the Direct Programming Interface (DPI).

The ASE provides a transactional model for the Core Cache Interface (CCI-P) protocol and a memory model for the FPGA-attached local memory. The CCI-P transactional model verifies CCI-P protocol correctness. The local memory model provides a simulation model for the dual-memory banks on the Intel® Acceleration Stack for Intel® Xeon® CPU with FPGAs daughtercard.

The ASE also validates Accelerator Functional Unit (AFU) compliance to the following protocols and APIs:

  • CCI-P protocol specification
  • Avalon® Memory Mapped ( Avalon® -MM) Interface Specification
  • Open Programmable Acceleration Engine

This document describes how to simulate a sample AFU using the ASE environment. Refer to Intel® Accelerator Functional Unit (AFU) Simulation Environment (ASE) User Guide for comprehensive details on ASE capabilities and internal architecture.

Table 1.  Acceleration Stack for Intel® Xeon® CPU with FPGAs Glossary
Term Abbreviation Description
Intel® Acceleration Stack for Intel® Xeon® CPU with FPGAs Acceleration Stack

A collection of software, firmware and tools that provides performance-optimized connectivity between an Intel® FPGA and an Intel® Xeon® processor.

Intel® Programmable Acceleration Card with Intel® Arria® 10 GX FPGA Intel® PAC with Arria® 10 GX FPGA

PCIe* accelerator card with an Intel® Arria® 10 FPGA.

Contains a FPGA Interface Manager (FIM) that pairs with an Intel® Xeon® processor over PCIe* bus.

Intel® Xeon® Scalable Platform with Integrated FPGA Integrated FPGA Platform

Intel® Xeon® plus FPGA platform with the Intel® Xeon® and an FPGA in a single package and sharing a coherent view of memory via Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI).