AXI Adapter Interface Protocols

AXI Adapter Interface Protocols - 2020.2 English

Vitis High-Level Synthesis User Guide (UG1399)

Document ID

UG1399

Release Date

2021-03-22

Version

2020.2 English

Important: As discussed in Default Interfaces for Vitis Kernel Flow, the AXI4 adapter interfaces are the default interfaces used by Vitis HLS for the Vitis Application Acceleration Development flow.

The AXI4 interfaces supported by Vitis HLS include the AXI4-Stream interface (axis), AXI4-Lite (s_axilite), and AXI4 master (m_axi) interfaces. For a complete description of the AXI4 interfaces, including timing and ports, see the Vivado Design Suite: AXI Reference Guide (UG1037).

s_axilite: Specify this protocol on any type of argument except streams. The s_axilite mode specifies an AXI4-Lite slave interface.
Tip: You can bundle multiple arguments into a single s_axilite interface.
m_axi: Specify on arrays and pointers (and references in C++) only. The m_axi mode specifies an AXI4 Memory Mapped interface.
Tip: You can group bundle arguments into a single m_axi interface.
axis: Specify this protocol on input arguments or output arguments only, not on input/output arguments. The axis mode specifies an AXI4-Stream interface.