Authors: Elias Perdomo, Alexander Kropotov, Francelly Cano, Syed Zafar, Teresa Cervero, Xavier Martorell, Behzad Salami

Published on: January 31, 2024

Impact Score: 8.22

Arxiv code: Arxiv:2401.17984

Summary

• What is new: Introduction of Makinote, an FPGA-based Cluster platform that can emulate massive size RTL designs and comes with an FPGA shell for easier utilization.
• Why this is important: The challenge of emulating chip functionality before silicon production, especially with complex RISC-V-based designs.
• What the research proposes: A large FPGA cluster (Makinote) that supports emulation of up to 750M ASIC cells and an FPGA shell that simplifies the emulation process for designers.
• Results: An 8 times performance improvement in emulating a RISC-V processor on the FPGA cluster over a single-FPGA setup.

Technical Details

Technological frameworks used: nan

Models used: FPGA-based Cluster (Makinote with 96 AMD/Xilinx Alveo U55c FPGAs), FPGA Shell for RTL development

Data used: nan

Potential Impact

Silicon chip design and manufacturing, notably companies involved in RISC-V architecture and those providing emulation tools and services.

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