IPT-C2H-NIOS Altera, IPT-C2H-NIOS Datasheet - Page 95

• Manufacturer Part Number: IPT-C2H-NIOS
• Description: C2H COMPILER FOR NIOS II
• Manufacturer: Altera
• Series: Nios®IIr
• Type: Nios IIr

Specifications of IPT-C2H-NIOS

• Function: C to Hardware Compiler
• License: Initial License
• Software Application: IP CORE, NIOS Processor And Functions
• Core Architecture: FPGA
• Core Sub-architecture: Cyclone
• Rohs Compliant: NA
• Lead Free Status / RoHS Status: Not applicable / Not applicable

Introduction
Overview
Altera Corporation
November 2009
This chapter discusses the Altera Nios II C-to-Hardware Acceleration
(C2H) Compiler view available in the Nios II IDE. Understanding the
C2H view allows you to estimate the resource usage and the performance
of the accelerator. You can use this information to perform optimizations
to reduce the logic resource size or increase the performance of the
accelerator.
You can use the C2H view to do the following:
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The C2H view displays performance information about your accelerated
functions. This information makes it easy to select the best configuration
for the next compile.
The C2H view contains two sections:
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Generation/Compilation Configurations
The following sections discuss the two levels of configurations that you
can use to control the build flow.
Project Build Configurations
The project build configurations allow you to control linker settings for a
project with multiple accelerators. The project build configurations also
control the integration of the accelerators with SOPC Builder and the
Quartus II software.
Add or update hardware accelerators
Control how the C2H Compiler compiles your C code to hardware
Display information about hardware accelerators
Generation/Compilation Configurations – the C2H view allows
you to specify various generation and compilation configurations for
your accelerated functions. The configurations allow you to control
the build flow of the entire software project and the individual
accelerated functions.
Build Report – The C2H Compiler creates the build report during a
software compilation when it analyzes functions or generates
accelerators. Using the build report you can view the resource usage
and scheduling information for each accelerated function.
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4. Understanding the C2H
View
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