Learn to use Data Parallel C++ to accelerate MapReduce processing at this ISC oneAPI Dev Summit session on June 23 - Many workloads have inherent data parallelism which can be leveraged to achieve optimal performance. However, it is challenging to design data parallel programs and map them to different hardware targets. Data Parallel C++ (DPC++) is an open alternative for cross-architecture development, aiming to address this challenge. A session titled “Word-Count with MapReduce on FPGA, A...
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Free “Office Hours” Live Web session: Creating Designs using Platform Designer for Intel® FPGAs – May 26, 27 - This week, Intel is holding two “Ask an Expert” sessions for “Creating Designs using Platform Designer.” Platform Designer is the system integration tool found in the Intel® Quartus® Prime development software for Intel® FPGAs. Platform Designer simplifies the task of defining and integrating custom IP components into your FPGA design. During this week’s “Office Hours”...
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New video details the secret life of an FPGA - In a new Intel video titled “Architecture All Access: Modern FPGA Architecture,” Intel Fellow Prakash Iyer takes you deep inside of the world of FPGAs. Iyer is a Programmable Solutions Architect who has spent nearly 30 years at Intel as a technology designer and implementer. In this 20-minute video, Iyer takes you on a journey...
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Three, Free, On Demand Webinars introduce you to the 10 nm Intel® Agilex™ FPGA family - A new, free, three-part FPGA Design Webinar Series introduces you to the new 10 nm Intel® Agilex™ FPGAs and helps you choose the right device in the family for your application. The three Webinars in the series are: Intel Agilex FPGA Architecture—What drives the performance? Intel Agilex FPGA Family—How do you choose what to use?...
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Biz Tech thought leader Dez Blanchfield’s recent podcast discusses infrastructure and application acceleration using FPGAs, SmartNICs, and Intel® eASIC™ structured ASICs with Intel’s Jim Dworkin - Business and digital transformation strategy thought leader Dez Blanchfield regularly posts podcasts in a series titled “Conversations with Dez” about topics of interest to the technology industry. He recently interviewed Jim Dworkin, Senior Director of the Cloud Business Unit in the Programmable Solutions Group at Intel and the two have a wide-ranging discussion that touches...
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How Exor International forged an Industry 4.0 Edge and Cloud Infrastructure out of more than 200 industrial automation protocols - By Exor International Exor International provides products and services that support the growing need for intelligence in industrial automation markets during the rapid, ongoing digital transformation and streamlining of nearly every industrial process in nearly every factory on the planet. The benefits of this transformation include: Reduced energy consumption Increased productivity and throughput Improved...
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Many, many free classes now available for Intel® FPGA training. Pick one (or more) - From now through Q2, 2021, you can avail yourself of many free Intel® FPGA training classes available online. There are currently 424 classes listed, so you’re sure to find something of help. Here are a few representative class titles: The Intel® Quartus® Prime Software: Foundation for Xilinx* Vivado* Design Suite Users Performance Optimization with Intel®...
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Attend a free hour-long session on “Debugging with the Signal Tap Logic Analyzer for Intel® FPGAs,” January 28 - The Signal Tap Logic Analyzer, available in the Intel® Quartus® Prime software, captures and displays the real-time signal behavior designs instantiated in Intel® FPGAs. You can use the Signal Tap Logic Analyzer to probe and debug the behavior of internal signals during normal device operation without dedicating I/O pins to the analyzer and with no...
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Intel’s new technology puts ADCs and DACs operating at 64 Gsamples/sec into packaged FPGAs - Intel has announced new technology that combines FPGA die with high-speed analog chiplets that incorporate both ADCs and DACs operating as fast as 64 Gsamples/sec. With analog sampling rates that fast, this technology represents a revolutionary step towards providing direct RF capability for radar, test & measurement, and wireless communications systems. This heterogeneous system-in-package technology...
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Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Version 20.4 Software Now Ready for Download - Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Version 20.4 Software is now available for download. In addition to functional and security updates, the new development software for Intel® FPGAs incorporates many new features including: Partial reconfiguration and encrypted partial reconfiguration bitstream support Intel Stratix® 10 devices Enhanced handling of Intel FPGA designs with large inferred RAM...
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FPGA-based reference design from Algo-Logic and Intel cuts high-speed financial trading latency by 3.8X - Algo-Logic and Intel have developed a high-speed reference framework design that offloads the network stack required for high-speed financial trading to logic instantiated in an Intel® Stratix® 10 FPGA on the Intel® FPGA Programmable Acceleration Card (Intel® FPGA PAC) D5005 platform. The reference design includes: A fast PCIe interface (the Algo-Logic Fast Data Mover) A...
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Are FPGAs good for accelerating AI? VentureBeat takes a closer look - VentureBeat has just posted an article titled “FPGA chips are coming on fast in the race to accelerate AI” that takes an in-depth look at the use of FPGAs for Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications. The article cites five AI application challenges that FPGAs help to overcome: Overcoming I/O bottlenecks Providing acceleration for high performance computing...
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BittWare’s 520NX Accelerator Card harnesses AI-optimized power of the Intel® Stratix® 10 NX FPGA - BittWare has just announced the 520NX AI Accelerator PCIe card based on the AI-optimized Intel® Stratix® 10 NX FPGA, which incorporates specialized AI Tensor blocks with a theoretical peak computational speed of 143 INT8 TOPS and 8 Gbytes of in-package, stacked high-bandwidth memory (HBM2). In addition to the Intel Stratix 10 NX FPGA’s internal resources,...
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