A HLS based Systolic Array Accelerator

• 8-bit integer weight stationary systolic array
• Designed with Catapult HLS flow and SystemC coding
• Reconfigurable array size N = 8, 16, or 32 (/ESP_Systolic_Array_Accelerator/cmod/Systolic/include/SysSpec.h)

Folder Structure

• cmod: SystemC coding

  • Top Module (/ESP_Systolic_Array_Accelerator/cmod/Systolic/SysTop)

• hls: HLS folders with HLS scripts, directories to process files need to be added

• matchlib: SystemC Matchlib library (older version) from Nvidia (https://github.com/NVlabs/matchlib)

SystemC and RTL Simulation Tools

• SystemC 2.3.1
• Catapult 10.5b
• Verdi O-2018.09-SP2-7
• VCS O-2018.09-SP2-11

AXI Configuration

• 0--0x00: dummy
• 1--0x04: start signal (write only), fire interrupt upon completion
• ----data=1 -> master weight read
• ----data=2 -> master input read
• ----data=3 -> master input write
• ----data=4 -> start systolic array
• 2--0x08: computation config
• ----data[00-07]= "M-1" (8-bit, M: 1~256)
• ----data[08-15]= use relu (1 bit)
• ----data[16-19]= Bias left shift (4 bit)
• ----data[20-23]= Accum right shift (4-bit), quantization
• ----data[24-31]= Accum multiplier (8-bit), quantization
• 3--0x0C: weight_read_base address
• 4--0x10: input_read_base address
• 5--0x14: input_write_base address
• 6--0x18: flip memory buffer (no IRQ, write only)
• 7--0x1C: dummy