Designing with the Versal Adaptive SoC: Architecture
Course Description
Learn about the AMD Versal™ adaptive SoC architecture building blocks, such as Adaptable Engines, high-speed I/O, clocking, Scalar Engines, Intelligent Engines, and the programmable network on chip (NoC). Also learn how to use leading-edge memory and interfacing technologies to deliver powerful heterogeneous acceleration for any application.
The emphasis of this course is on:
- Reviewing the architecture of the Versal adaptive SoC
- Describing the different engines available in the Versal architecture and what resources they contain
- Describing the architectures of the network on chip (NoC) and AI Engine
- Outlining the memory solutions and programming interfaces available in the Versal adaptive SoC
- Identifying the PCI Express® and serial transceiver solutions available in the Versal adaptive SoC
What's New for 2024.1
- All labs have been updated to the latest software versions
Level
ACAP 1
Course Duration
2 days
Audience
Software and hardware developers, system architects, DSP users, and anyone who wants to learn about the architecture of the Versal adaptive SoC
Prerequisites
- Basic knowledge of AMD FPGAs and adaptive SoCs
- Basic knowledge of the Vivado™ and Vitis™ tools
Software Tools
- Vivado Design Suite 2024.1
- Vitis unified software platform 2024.1
Hardware
- Architecture: Versal adaptive SoC
- Demo board: Versal VCK190 Evaluation Platform
Skills Gained
After completing this comprehensive training, you will have the necessary skills to:
- Describe the AMD Versal adaptive SoC architecture
- Identify the different engines available in the Versal devices and what resources they contain
- Utilize the hardened blocks available in the Versal architecture
- Describe the NoC and AI Engine architectures
- Outline the memory solutions and programming interfaces available in the Versal adaptive SoC
- Identify the PCI Express and serial transceiver solutions available in the Versal adaptive SoC
- Follow the high-level system migration recommendations provided in this course
Course Outline
Day 1
- Introduction Describes the need for Versal devices and offers an overview of the Versal portfolio. {Lecture}
- Architecture Overview Provides a high-level overview of the Versal architecture, illustrating the various engines available in the Versal architecture. {Lecture}
- Design Tool Flow Maps the various engines in the Versal architecture to the tools required and describes how to target them for final image assembly. {Lecture, Lab}
- Adaptable Engines (PL) Describes the logic resources available in the Adaptable Engine. {Lecture}
- SelectIO Resources Describes the I/O bank, SelectIO™ interface, and I/O delay features. {Lecture}
- Clocking Architecture Discusses the clocking architecture, clock buffers, clock routing, clock management functions, and clock de-skew. {Lecture, Lab}
- Processing System Reviews the Arm® Cortex®-A72 processor APU and Cortex-R5 processor RPU that form the Scalar Engine. The platform management controller (PMC), processing system manager (PSM), I/O peripherals, and PS-PL interfaces are also covered. {Lecture}
- PMC and Boot and Configuration Describes the platform management controller, platform loader and manager (PLM) software and boot and configuration. {Lecture, Lab}
- System Interrupts Discusses the different system interrupts and interrupt controllers. {Lecture}
Day 2
- Timers, Counters, and RTC Provides an overview of timers and counters, including the system counter, triple timer counter (TTC), watchdog timer, and real-time clock (RTC). {Lecture}
- DSP Engine Describes the DSP58 slice and compares the DSP58 slice with the DSP48 slice. DSP58 modes are also covered in detail. {Lecture, Lab}
- AI Engine Discusses the AI Engine array architecture, terminology, and AIE interfaces. {Lecture, Lab}
- NoC Introduction and Concepts Covers the reasons to use the network on chip, its basic elements, and common terminology. {Lecture, Lab}
- Memory Solutions Describes the available memory resources, such as block RAM, UltraRAM, LUTRAM, embedded memory, OCM, and DDR. The integrated memory controllers are also covered. {Lecture}
- Programming Interfaces Reviews the various programming interfaces in the Versal device. {Lecture}
- PCI Express & CCIX Provides an overview of the CCIX PCIe module and describes the PL and CPM PCIe blocks. {Lecture, Lab}
- Serial Transceivers Describes the transceivers in the Versal device. {Lecture}
- System Migration Compares the various functional blocks of the Versal devices to previous-generation devices. Describes the migration of designs from the UltraScale™ and UltraScale+™ architectures to the Versal architecture. {Lecture}