syn.directive.bind_op - 2023.1 English

Vitis Unified IDE and Common Command-Line Reference Manual (UG1553)

Document ID
UG1553
Release Date
2023-07-17
Version
2023.1 English

Description

Vitis HLS implements the different operations in the code using specific hardware resources (or implementations). The tool automatically determines the resource to use, or you can define syn.op can be defined to generally specify the implementation as explained in Operator Configuration.

The syn.directive.bind_op command indicates that for the specified variable an operation (for example mul, add, or sub) should be mapped to a specific implementation (impl) in the RTL. For example, to indicate that a specific multiplier operation (mul) is implemented in the device fabric rather than a DSP, you can use the syn.directive.bind_op command.

You can also specify the latency with syn.directive.bind_op using the latency option as described below.

Important: To use the latency option, the operation must have an available multi-stage implementation. The HLS tool provides a multi-stage implementation for all basic arithmetic operations (add, subtract, multiply, and divide), and all floating-point operations.

Syntax

syn.directive.bind_op=[OPTIONS] <location> <variable>
  • <location> is the location (in the format function[/label]) which contains the variable.
  • <variable> is the variable to be assigned. The variable in this case is one that is assigned the result of the operation that is the target of this directive.

Options

op=<value>
Defines the operation to bind to a specific implementation resource. Supported functional operations include: mul, add, sub

Supported floating point operations include: fadd, fsub, fdiv, fexp, flog, fmul, frsqrt, frecip, fsqrt, dadd, dsub, ddiv, dexp, dlog, dmul, drsqrt, drecip, dsqrt, hadd, hsub, hdiv, hmul, and hsqrt

Tip: Floating-point operations include single precision (f), double-precision (d), and half-precision (h).
impl=<value>
Defines the implementation to use for the specified operation.
Supported implementations for functional operations include fabric and dsp.
Supported implementations for floating point operations include: fabric, meddsp, fulldsp, maxdsp, and primitivedsp.
Note: primitivedsp is only available on Versal devices.
latency=<int>
Defines the default latency for the implementation of the operation. The valid latency varies according to the specified op and impl. The default is -1, which lets Vitis HLS choose the latency.
The tables below reflect the supported combinations of operation, implementation, and latency.
Table 1. Supported Combinations of Functional Operations, Implementation, and Latency
Operation Implementation Min Latency Max Latency
add fabric 0 4
add dsp 0 4
mul fabric 0 4
mul dsp 0 4
sub fabric 0 4
sub dsp 0 0
Tip: Comparison operators, such as dcmp, are implemented in LUTs and cannot be implemented outside of the fabric, or mapped to DSPs, and so are not configurable with the config_op or bind_op commands.
Table 2. Supported Combinations of Floating Point Operations, Implementation, and Latency
Operation Implementation Min Latency Max Latency
fadd fabric 0 13
fadd fulldsp 0 12
fadd primitivedsp 0 3
fsub fabric 0 13
fsub fulldsp 0 12
fsub primitivedsp 0 3
fdiv fabric 0 29
fexp fabric 0 24
fexp meddsp 0 21
fexp fulldsp 0 30
flog fabric 0 24
flog meddsp 0 23
flog fulldsp 0 29
fmul fabric 0 9
fmul meddsp 0 9
fmul fulldsp 0 9
fmul maxdsp 0 7
fmul primitivedsp 0 4
fsqrt fabric 0 29
frsqrt fabric 0 38
frsqrt fulldsp 0 33
frecip fabric 0 37
frecip fulldsp 0 30
dadd fabric 0 13
dadd fulldsp 0 15
dsub fabric 0 13
dsub fulldsp 0 15
ddiv fabric 0 58
dexp fabric 0 40
dexp meddsp 0 45
dexp fulldsp 0 57
dlog fabric 0 38
dlog meddsp 0 49
dlog fulldsp 0 65
dmul fabric 0 10
dmul meddsp 0 13
dmul fulldsp 0 13
dmul maxdsp 0 14
dsqrt fabric 0 58
drsqrt fulldsp 0 111
drecip fulldsp 0 36
hadd fabric 0 9
hadd meddsp 0 12
hadd fulldsp 0 12
hsub fabric 0 9
hsub meddsp 0 12
hsub fulldsp 0 12
hdiv fabric 0 16
hmul fabric 0 7
hmul fulldsp 0 7
hmul maxdsp 0 9
hsqrt fabric 0 16

Examples

In the following example, a two-stage pipelined multiplier using fabric logic is specified to implement the multiplication for variable c of the function foo.

int foo (int a, int b) {
int c, d;
c = a*b;
d = a*c;
return d;
}
And the syn.directive.bind_op command is as follows:
syn.directive.bind_op=op=mul impl=fabric latency=2 foo c
Tip: The HLS tool selects the implementation to use for variable d since no syn.directive.bind_op is specified for that variable.