Evaluating OpenCL as a Standard Hardware Abstraction for a Model-based Synthesis Framework: A Case Study

Omair Rafique, Klaus Schneider

2019

Abstract

In general, model-based design flows start from hardware-agnostic models and finally generate code based on the used model of computation (MoC). The generated code is then manually mapped with an additional non-trivial deployment step onto the chosen target architecture. This additional manual step can break all correctness-by-construction guarantees of the used model-based design, in particular, if the chosen architecture employs a different MoC than the one used in the model. To automatically bridge this gap, we envisage a holistic model-based design framework for heterogeneous synthesis that allows the modeling of a system using a combination of different MoCs. Second, it integrates the standard hardware abstractions using the Open Computing Language (OpenCL) to promote the use of vendor-neutral heterogeneous architectures. Altogether, we envision an automatic synthesis that maps models using a combination of different MoCs on heterogeneous hardware architectures. This paper evaluates the feasibility of incorporating OpenCL as a standard hardware abstraction for such a framework. The evaluation is presented as a case study to map a synchronous application on different target architectures using the OpenCL specification.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Rafique O. and Schneider K. (2019). Evaluating OpenCL as a Standard Hardware Abstraction for a Model-based Synthesis Framework: A Case Study.In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development - Volume 1: MODELSWARD, ISBN 978-989-758-358-2, pages 388-395. DOI: 10.5220/0007470503880395

in Bibtex Style

@conference{modelsward19,
author={Omair Rafique and Klaus Schneider},
title={Evaluating OpenCL as a Standard Hardware Abstraction for a Model-based Synthesis Framework: A Case Study},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development - Volume 1: MODELSWARD,},
year={2019},
pages={388-395},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0007470503880395},
isbn={978-989-758-358-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development - Volume 1: MODELSWARD,
TI - Evaluating OpenCL as a Standard Hardware Abstraction for a Model-based Synthesis Framework: A Case Study
SN - 978-989-758-358-2
AU - Rafique O.
AU - Schneider K.
PY - 2019
SP - 388
EP - 395
DO - 10.5220/0007470503880395