FPGA-based server acceleration technology

Abstract

Compared with a conventional server, an FPGA has the advantages of parallelism, expandability, flexibility, low cost, long-term maintainability and the like, and certainly becomes a good helper for server acceleration in the future. A development key point of the FPGA in performing acceleration in the field of servers is detailedly surveyed and analyzed. An acceleration scheme involves a hardware structure, board-level design, network design, data center deployment, a software infrastructure, a platform framework and the like. A basic structure and a working principle of the FPGA, advantages and disadvantages of the FPGA, and an acceleration mode of the FPGA for the server are elaborated. Sub-modules such as a software interface, a Shell framework, a Role framework error detection and debugging sub-module and the like are subjected to function description, finally the implementation of a common image processing algorithm is analyzed, and simulation verification is finished by utilizing Vivado HLS software. A simulation result shows that the image processing efficiency can be remarkably improved by adopting an FPGA algorithm in a typical application condition.

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technical field [0001] The invention makes full use of the advantages of parallelism, expandability, flexibility, low cost and long-term maintenance of FPGA, and links it with server acceleration. Background technique [0002] With the continuous improvement of the number of logic gates and performance of FPGA, it is widely used in the following occasions: [0003] Connection logic and control logic are areas where FPGAs play a relatively large role in the early days, and they are also the cornerstone of FPGA applications. [0004] Apply relatively mature technology to certain specific fields such as communication, video, information processing, etc. to develop products that meet the needs of the industry and can be accepted by industry customers. FPGA technology is a means of realization in these fields, because it has the characteristics of interface, control, functional IP, and embedded CPU, so it is possible to realize the system product design with simple structure, hi...

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[0009] 3. Cost: The non-recurring engineering (NRE) cost of custom ASIC design far exceeds the cost of FPGA-based hardware solutions

It is very challenging to improve these indicators at the same time, and it is undoubtedly not the best route to rely only on external physical conditions

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