Designing with Versal AI Engine: Kernel Programming and Optimization - 3

Course Details

Length: 23 Hours

Number of Labs: 6

Number of Chapter: 15

Current Version: 2025.2

Number of Demos: 0

Overview

This course covers the advanced features of the AMD Versal™ adaptive SoC AI Engine, including kernel function development, optimizing an AI Engine kernel program, using AI Engine APIs and filter intrinsics, and debugging an application in the AMD Vitis™ Unified IDE.

The emphasis of this course is on:

Reviewing the features of the Versal device AI Engine architecture
Optimizing AI Engine kernels using compiler directives, programming style, profiling, and efficient movement of data
Describing C++ kernel template functionality
Identifying the different types of kernel instance states
Programming FIR filters using AI Engine APIs
Debugging AI Engine applications using the Vitis Unified IDE

What,s New:

Added information on microcode basics, kernel optimization techniques via source code updating, and factors that impact performance

All labs have been updated to the latest software versions

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