Simulating the AI Engine Graph Application - 2023.2 English

Vitis Tutorials: AI Engine (XD100)

Document ID
XD100
Release Date
2024-03-05
Version
2023.2 English

Next, conduct a System C simulation of your AI Engine application using the AI Engine System C Simulator (aiesimulator). This simulator can model the AI Engine array, global memory (DDR memory), and network-on-chip (NoC). Invoke the AI Engine System C simulator with the following make command:

make sim

or

cd build;
aiesimulator –pkg-dir Work –output-dir aiesimulator-output |& tee aiesimulator-output/aiesim.log

The aiesimulator executes the AI Engine application where the AI Engine graph is initialized, run, and terminated by the control thread expressed in the main function. By default, the dut.run() option specifies a graph that runs forever. In our AI Engine application, dut.run(NITER) is specified, where NITER = 1. This runs the graph for one iteration. This means the simulation has the AI Engine receiving “one block” of data samples through the input ports, and the AI Engine outputs “one block” of data samples through the output ports. The block size of the data input, coefficient input, and data output ports is specified by the IN_DATA_WINSZ, IN_COEF_WINSZ, and OUT_DATA_WINSZ global variables.