Revision History - 2021.2 English

Versal ACAP AI Engine Programming Environment User Guide (UG1076)
Document ID
UG1076
Release Date
2021-12-17
Version
2021.2 English

The following table shows the revision history for this document.

Section Revision Summary
12/17/2021 Version 2021.2
Window and Streaming Data API Added more supported unsigned integer data types.
Specifying Run-Time Data Parameters Clarified description.
Enhanced Programming Model Changed heading of section.
AI Engine Compiler Options Added Table 10
Profiling the AI Engine New section.
Profiling Graph Throughput Added information.
Profiling the AI Engine in Hardware New section.
Event Tracing in Hardware New section.
Hardware Event Trace New section.
Troubleshooting Event Trace in Hardware New section.
10/22/2021 Version 2021.2
AI Engine Tile Architecture Updated Figure 1.
Prepare the Kernels Updated for AI Engine API.
Creating a Data Flow Graph (Including Kernels) Figure representing graph connectivity added.
Window and Streaming Data API Updated data types for AI Engine API and template support.
Packet Switching Graph Constructs Added an example for floating-point data.
Area Location Constraints New section.
Hierarchical Constraints Added information.
Enhanced Programming Model New section.
AI Engine Compiler Options New options added.
Simulating an AI Engine Graph Application Added simulation flow related information.
Data Snapshots New section.
Deadlock Detection New section.
Trace Report New section.
Memory Access Violations and Valgrind New section.
Memory Model Updated information.
Simulation Output File Processing Considerations New section.
adf::headers Constraint and aie_api Include Files New section.
Software Emulation New section.
Simulator Options New option added.
Hardware Emulation New section.
Reusing AI Engine Simulator Options Added information about setting the AI Engine compiler workdir environment variable, as well as manual creation of the sim options file.
AI Engine Simulation-Based Profiling New section.
Supported Window Data Types Updated data types.
Supported Stream Data Types
AI Engine Stall Analysis in Vitis Analyzer New section.
Multi-Process and Multi-Thread Support for Controlling the AI Engine Graph New section.
AI Engine Error Events Updated errors, as well as debug tips.
Running Software Emulation New section.
Area Group Constraint Updated properties.
Creating the AI Engine Graph Project and Top-Level System Project Updated screenshots.
Building and Running the System Updated to add software emulation.
Debugging the AI Engine Application Debug information added.
Software Emulation Debug from the Vitis IDE New section.
Software Emulation from Command Line New section.
Using the Debug Environment Updated screenshots.
Watchpoints New section.
Vitis IDE Layout for Software Emulation Debug New section.
Non-Templated Versions of Window and Stream APIs Appendix describing non-templated version of window and stream data types and APIs.
07/19/2021 Version 2021.1
FIFO Location Constraints Updated FIFO constraints examples.
Supported Window Data Types New topic.
Supported Stream Data Types New topic.
Building a Bare-metal AI Engine in the Vitis IDE Updated Step 4.
06/16/2021 Version 2021.1
Run-Time Ratio New topic.
Stream Data Types

Reading and Advancing an Input Stream

Writing and Advancing an Output Stream

New Stream types added.
Run-Time Parameter Support Summary AI Engine RTP Support table added.
Stream Switch FIFO

DMA FIFO

AI Engine Tile DMA Performance

New FIFO topics.
Packet Switching Graph Constructs Allowed number of packet streams updated.
Multicast Support New topic.
AI Engine/Programmable Logic Integration Updated content.
Hardware Emulation and Hardware Flows ADF_FRONTEND removed.
Performance Comparison Between AI Engine/PL and AI Engine/NoC Interfaces New topic.
AI Engine Compiler Options
  • Heap and Stack size updated.
  • --broadcast-enable-core CDO option added.
  • Tracing options updated.
  • xlopt updated.
Graph and Array Details New section added.
AI Engine Compiler Guidance New topic.
Reusing AI Engine Simulator Options --profile/AIE_PROFILE added to options.
Enabling Third-Party Simulators Simulators added and versions updated.
x86 Functional Simulator Updated content and new sections added.
Viewing the Run Summary in the Vitis Analyzer Content updated.
Trace View Data Visualization New section.
Run-Time Event API Performance Counters New topic.
Programming the PS Host Application ADF_FRONTEND removed.
Controlling the AI Engine Graph with the XRT C++ API New topic.
Error Reporting Through the XRT API xbutil scope updated.
Host Code Reference with ADF API and XRT API Updated for printf.
Clocking the PL Kernels Updated topic.
Compile the Embedded Application for the Cortex-A72 Processor Code updated.
  • aarch64-linux-gnu-g++ to aarch64-xilinx-linux-g++
Running Hardware Emulation New section.
Using the Vitis IDE Screenshot updates.
Mapper/Router Methodology New chapter.
Event API Removed extra Enumeration section.
FIFO Constraint New topic.
Using the Restrict Keyword in AI Engine Kernels Updated to C++.