We are hosting the a CoRAM tutorial in conjunction with FPGA 2013.

NOTE: Please make sure to bring a laptop with about 15GB free space and Virtualbox installed (https://www.virtualbox.org).

Overview

In this tutorial, participants will develop portable, FPGA-based accelerators using the CoRAM Virtual Architecture and the CONNECT Network-on-Chip generation framework. CoRAM provides a universal abstraction to the user that is both easy-to-use and portable across different FPGA platforms.

Details

The tutorial will be held on Monday, February 11, 2013. More details will be posted as they become available.

The agenda will cover:

• Overview of CoRAM architecture
• Compiler
• NoC Generation Using the CONNECT Network-on-Chip Generator
• Cross-platform targeting: Xilinx ML605, Altera DE4, Xilinx ZYNQ platform, Convey HC-x platforms (tentative)
• Memory loading and checking
• User I/O
• Application debugging