The AMD Vitis™ Integrated Design Environment (IDE) version 2021.2 is required to integrate the DPU into your projects. Contact your local sales representative if the project requires an older version of the AMD Vitis™ software platform.
Device Resources
The DPUCAHX8L can only be deployed on Alveo cards with HBM devices or on the Alveo U50, U50LV, and U280 cards.
For more information on resource usage, see DPU Configuration.
DPU Development Flow
The DPU is available with the software development stack of Vitis AI development kit. Free developer resources can be obtained from the Xilinx website.
The Vitis AI User Guide (UG1414) describes how to use the DPU to deploy machine learning applications with the Vitis AI tools. The development flow for DPU applications is summarized in the following steps and shown in the following figure.
- Use the Vitis tool to generate the bitstream.
- Download the bitstream to the target board. For instructions on how to set up a running environment for DPU applications, refer to the Vitis AI User Guide (UG1414).
