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[26]1\begin{taskinfo}
2\let\UBS\leader
3\let\UPMC\enable
4\let\TIMA\enable
5\end{taskinfo}
6%
7\begin{objectif}
[56]8The objectives of this task are to provide the two HAS back-ends of the COACH project and
[40]9a tool that adapt the coprocessor frequency to the FPGA-SoC frequency as given
[26]10by the processors and the BUS.
[40]11%pourquoi en majuscule?
[26]12\\
[40]13The HAS back-ends as shown in figure~\ref{archi-hls} reads \xcoach data and provides
14\xcoachplus data, i.e. \xcoach data annotated with hardware information such as
15variables bindings to registers, operations bindings to cells and a schedule. The \xcoach format
[48]16being generated by \novers{\specXcoachToCA} deliverable and \xcoachplus being treated by
[36]17\novers{\specXcoachToSystemC} and \novers{\specXcoachToVhdl} deliverables,
[56]18this task is very dependent on task~1.
[26]19\par
20For the two HAS front-end, this task is based on the already existing HLS tools GAUT and
[40]21UGH. These tools are complementary and not in competition because they cover respectively
22data and control dominated designs.
[26]23The organization of the task is firstly to integrate quickly the existing HLS to the COACH
24framework. Secondly these tools will be improved to allows to treat data dominated application
[40]25with a few control for GAUT and control dominated application with a few data processing
[26]26for UGH. This will enlarge the domain the HLS can cover.
27\end{objectif}
28%
[52]29\begin{workpackage}
[26]30\item The goal of this \ST is to integrate the UGH HLS tool to the COACH framework. It
[56]31    consists of suppressing the C compiler and the SystemC and VHDL drivers and replacing
[26]32    them by \xcoach and \xcoachplus drivers.
33    \begin{livrable}
[57]34    \itemL{6}{12}{x}{\Stima}{UGH integration}{12:0:0}
[52]35        The UGH software that is able to read \xcoach format.
36    \itemV{12}{18}{x}{\Supmc}{UGH integration}
37        The UGH software that is able to read \xcoach format and to write \xcoachplus format.
38    \itemL{18}{33}{x}{\Supmc}{UGH integration}{0:2:4.0}
39        Maintenance work of the UGH software.
[26]40    \end{livrable}
41\item The goal of this \ST is to integrate the GAUT HLS tool to the COACH framework. It
42    consists of suppressing the C commpiler and the SystemC and VHDL drivers and replacing
43    them by \xcoach and \xcoachplus drivers.
44    \begin{livrable}
[52]45    \itemV{6}{12}{x}{\Subs}{GAUT integration}
46        The GAUT software that is able to read \xcoach format.
47    \itemV{12}{18}{x}{\Subs}{GAUT integration}
48        The GAUT software that is able to read \xcoach format and to write \xcoachplus format.
49    \itemL{18}{33}{x}{\Subs}{GAUT integration}{0:0:0}
50        Maintenance work of the GAUT software.
[26]51    \end{livrable}
52\item The goal of this \ST is to improve the UGH and GAUT HLS tools.
53    UGH and GAUT experimentations have shown respectively 2 and \mustbecompleted{FIXME:2}
54    usefull enhancements
55    \begin{livrable}
[57]56    \itemL{18}{24}{x}{\Stima}{UGH enhancement 1}{0:9:0}
[52]57        The UGH software whith support for treating automatically data dominated sections
58        included into a control dominated application.
[57]59    \itemL{21}{27}{x}{\Stima}{UGH enhancement 2}{0:3:6}
[52]60        The UGH software that is able to generate a micro-architecture without the
61        variable binding currently done by the designer.
62    \itemL{6}{18}{x}{\Subs}{GAUT enhancement 1}{0:0:0}
63        Release of the GAUT software that supports the control and data flow formal model.
[47]64\mustbecompleted{FIXME:USB ca ne va pas avec l'intro de la tache, UGH n'a
65plus aucune utilite si ceci reste}
[52]66    \itemL{18}{30}{x}{\Subs}{GAUT enhancement 2}{0:0:0}
67        Release of the GAUT software that supports the control and data flow formal model
68        and also supports new constraints and objectives defined in
69        \mustbecompleted{FIXME:USB utilise une macro svp: \ST1-1}
70        \mustbecompleted{FIXME:UBS: quel delivrable ??}.
[47]71%   FIXME:USB redondant avec le delivrable "GAUT integration" ou alors
72%   c'est en enhancement et il faut le decrire.
73%    \item{VF}{30}{36}{x}{\Subs}{GAUT enhancement 3} Final release of the GAUT software
[26]74    \end{livrable}
75\item In FPGA-SoC, the frequency is given by the processors and the BUS. The coprocessors
76    generated by HLS synthesis must respect this frequency. However, the HLS tools can not
[40]77    guarantee that the micro-architectures they generate accurately respect this
[26]78    frequency. This is especially the case when the target is a FPGA device, because the
79    delays are really known only after the RTL synthesis and that estimated delays used
[40]80    by the HLS are very imprecize. The goal of this \ST is to provide a tool to adapt
[26]81    the coprocessors frequency to the FPGA-SoC frequency after the coprocessor RTL
82    synthesis.
83    \begin{livrable}
[52]84    \itemV{0}{12}{d}{\Supmc}{frequency calibration}
85        A document describing the set up of the coprocessor frequency calibration.
86    \itemV{12}{24}{x}{\Supmc}{frequency calibration}
87        A VHDL description of hardware added to the coprocessor to enable the calibration.
88    \itemL{24}{33}{x}{\Supmc}{frequency calibration}{2:.5:3.5}
89        The frequency calibration software consists of a driver in the FPGA-SoC operating
90        system and of a control software on a PC.
[26]91    \end{livrable}
92\end{workpackage}
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