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Very interesting. I'd still like to see the JVM pick up the FPGA as a possible compile target, that way people could run apps that seamlessly used the FPGA where appropriate. I have mentioned this to Intel, who are promoting this technology (and also have a team that contributes to the JVM), but so far no one is stating publicly that they are working on such a thing.
Quick Question: If anyone wants to learn programming an FPGA is learning C only way to go ? how hard is to learn and program in verilog/VHDL without electrical background ? If anyone suggests links or books, please do Thank You
To get some basic ideas I always recommend the book code by charles petzold: https://www.amazon.com/Code-Language-Computer-Hardware-Softw...
It walks you through everything from the transistor to the operating system.
(Apparently I need to add that I work for AWS on every message so yes I work for AWS)
> Today we are launching a developer preview of the new F1 instance. In addition to building applications and services for your own use, you will be able to package them up for sale and reuse in AWS Marketplace. Wow. An app store for FPGA IPs and the infrastructure to enable anyone to use it. That's really cool.
I see people making video transcoder instances on day 1, and MPEGLA bankrupting Amazoners with lawsuits on day 2
> 64 GiB of ECC-protected memory on a 288-bit wide bus (four DDR4 channels).
> Dedicated PCIe x16 interface to the CPU.
Does anyone know whether this is likely to be a plug-in card? and can I buy one to plug in to a local machine for testing?
Very interesting. I'd still like to see the JVM pick up the FPGA as a possible compile target, that way people could run apps that seamlessly used the FPGA where appropriate. I have mentioned this to Intel, who are promoting this technology (and also have a team that contributes to the JVM), but so far no one is stating publicly that they are working on such a thing.
> Xilinx UltraScale+ VU9P fabricated using a 16 nm process. > 64 GiB of ECC-protected memory on a 288-bit wide bus (four DDR4 channels). > Dedicated PCIe x16 interface to the CPU. Does anyone know whether this is likely to be a plug-in card? and can I buy one to plug in to a local machine for testing?
If you don't click through to read about this: you can write an FPGA image in verilog/VHDL and upload it... and then run it. To me that seems like magic. HDK here: https://github.com/aws/aws-fpga (I work for AWS)
> Today we are launching a developer preview of the new F1 instance. In addition to building applications and services for your own use, you will be able to package them up for sale and reuse in AWS Marketplace. Wow. An app store for FPGA IPs and the infrastructure to enable anyone to use it. That's really cool.
>Wow. An app store for FPGA IPs I see people making video transcoder instances on day 1, and MPEGLA bankrupting Amazoners with lawsuits on day 2
Quick Question: If anyone wants to learn programming an FPGA is learning C only way to go ? how hard is to learn and program in verilog/VHDL without electrical background ? If anyone suggests links or books, please do Thank You
One key difference to keep in mind for digital programming is that everything happens in parallel, unless explicitly serialized, which is the opposite of the usual software development most people know about.
Very interesting. I'd still like to see the JVM pick up the FPGA as a possible compile target, that way people could run apps that seamlessly used the FPGA where appropriate. I have mentioned this to Intel, who are promoting this technology (and also have a team that contributes to the JVM), but so far no one is stating publicly that they are working on such a thing.
java hello world will not fit even into a 10 gigagate chip