Fast Access to Accelerators: Enabling Optimized Data Transfer with RISC-V
February 12, 2020
This is the second in a series of blogs about Domain-specific accelerators (DSAs), which are becoming increasingly common in SoCs. Part #1 addressed the challenges associated with data transfers between DSAs and the core complex, and showed how RISC-V offers a unique opportunity to optimize fine-grain communication between them and improve core-DSA interaction performance.
To recap, a DSA provides higher performance per watt by optimizing the specialized function it implements. Examples of DSAs include compression/decompression units, random number generators and network packet processors. A DSA is typically connected to the core complex using a standard IO interconnect, such as an AXI bus (Figure 1).
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Related Blogs
- Part 1: Fast Access to Accelerators: Enabling Optimized Data Transfer with RISC-V
- High-Bandwidth Core Access to Accelerators: Enabling Optimized Data Transfers with RISC-V
- High-Bandwidth Accelerator Access to Memory: Enabling Optimized Data Transfers with RISC-V
- Part 3: High-Bandwidth Accelerator Access to Memory: Enabling Optimized Data Transfers with RISC-V
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