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Simulation of Fracturable LUTs. Tim Pifer. Presentation Overview. Altera ALM from Stratix II Stratix V architecture Current VPR method for Fracturable LUTS Wiremap for technology mapping AApack for packing. Altera Adaptive Logic Module.
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Simulation of Fracturable LUTs Tim Pifer
Presentation Overview • Altera ALM from Stratix II • Stratix V architecture • Current VPR method for Fracturable LUTS • Wiremap for technology mapping • AApack for packing
Altera Adaptive Logic Module • Traditional 4LUTs provide the best area-delay product • Larger LUTs • Shorter critical path • Absorb more logic • Larger LUT mask • More input Muxing • reduce critical path depth by 20% , improving area Improving FPGA Performance and Area Using an Adaptive Logic Module Mike Hutton, Jay Schleicher, David Lewis, Bruce Pedersen, Richard Yuan, SinanKaptanoglu, Gregg Baeckler, Boris Ratchev, KetanPadalia, Mark Bourgeault, Andy Lee, Henry Kim and RahulSaini
Motivation from other architectures • BLE5 - 15% fewer LUTs , 25% shorter unit delay • BLE6 - 22% fewer LUTs , 36% shorter unit delay • BLE7 - 28% fewer LUTs , 46% shorter unit delay • K=6 25% 6LUT • Example design • K=4 100 LUTs • K=6 78 LUTs : 23 6LUT,32 5LUT,17 4LUT,9 3LUT,13 2LUT • Stratix, VirtexII : 30:1 input mux • relative contribution of routing area and interconnect delay increase with each generation of fabrication
Simple Example: 6LUT from 4BLEs • Larger Area • 19 input, 4 registers • For 6-LUT, 4LUTs have identical inputs, separate input muxes • 3 /4 registers, outputs wasted
Improved Example: 6,2 Fracturable LE • 8 Inputs, 2 outputs, 2 registers • 1 6LUT • 2 5LUTs with input Sharing • 2 independent 4 LUTS • comparable in area with two BLE4 • Functionally closer to two BLE5 logic elements.
Final Version • Composed of 3LUTs • Added d2 muxed output • c1 or GND ,c2 or VCC muxed • remove mux from d1 • swap muxes controlled by R and T • two 6LUTs share 4 inputs, identical LUT-mask • 4:1 muxes, common data, different select lines • Up to 12% pairs of 6-LUTs • R=0 T=1 S=1 implements 2 muxed 5Luts with 7 inputs • F1 = fn(a1,a2,b1,b2,d1) • F2 = fn(a1,a2,b2,c2,d1) • Out = mux(F1,F2,c1) • roughly area-neutral with BLE4 and 36% decrease in logic depth
8:1 mux implementation • 8:1 mux in 2 ALMs (4 ALUTs) using 7 input functions • second ALM computes output • F1=fn(s0,s1,d3,y0,y1) • F2=fn(s0,s1,d7,y0,y1) • muxcontrolled by s2 • 5 BLE4 vs. 2 ALMs, saves one BLE4
Stratix V • ALM can become 2 4LUTS • eight inputs for both ALUTs • backward-compatible with 4LUT architectures Logic Array Blocks and Adaptive Logic Modules in Stratix V Devices
Normal LUT mode • single 6LUT mode, other inputs used for registers
Extended LUT mode • 7 input function • 2-to-1 multiplexer with two 5LUTS sharing 4 inputs. • If Else statements
Why 6LUTS: DES Example • DES : 8 sboxes or substitution tables • sboxhas 6 inputs, 4 outputs • Each output: • 16LUT • 6 4LUTs. • 35-45% less area
How would we alter technology mapping to best support FLUTs?
Technology Mapping • 1 4LUT and 2 6LUTs requiring 3 ALMs • Could use 4 5LUTs requiring 2 ALMs and the same logic depth
Balancing Technology Mapping • Must maintain optimal critical path depth, more packable LUT distribution • avoid 6-LUTs when not helping delay • 8:1 muxes identified separately and mapped to 7 input functions • 7% of ALMs are 7-input functions
Results: Performance • 80 designs tested • 130nm process • Minimum chip size used • Spice models for delay
Conclusions • Benefits of 6LUTS without underutilization • Larger LUT Costs: • LUT-mask size • input and output muxing • FFs • 6-LUT is fracturable into 5 LUTs, area comparable to 2 BLE4s • 7-input functions and 6 input pairs • Technology mapping support is needed for best results • 6,2 Almvs 4BLE: • 15% better performance • 12% smaller area average
AAPack and wiremap • ABC with Wiremap technology mapping to primitives • AApack- capable of packing complex logic blocks based on logic primitives
Wiremap • reduces 6LUTs percentage • Does not increase: • logic depth • total LUT count WireMap: FPGA Technology Mapping for Improved Routability Stephen Jang, Billy Chan, Kevin Chung, Alan Mishchenko
AAPack Overview • Current tools can’t support the complexity of logic blocks • New logic block description language: • Depict complex interconnects • Hierarchy • Modes of operation • Can pack complex blocks • Area driven • Area is compared to the theoretical minimum • Verilog input for large benchmarks Architecture Description and Packing for Logic Blocks with Hierarchy, Modes and Complex Interconnect Jason Luu, Jason Anderson, and Jonathan Rose
Example: Virtex-6 Logic Block • Tools don’t support Stratix IV or Virtex 6 • Virtex 6: • complex soft logic blocks • hard memories • multipliers
What AAPack does • Can describe: • complex logic blocks with arbitrary internal routing structures • Variable memory configurations: 4Kx8, or 8Kx4, or 16Kx2 • area-driven packing • inputs: • user design • architectural description
Complex Block Description Language • Expressive: The language should be capable of describing a wide range of complex blocks. • Simple: The language constructs should match closely with an FPGA architect’s existing knowledge and intuition. • Concise: The language should permit complex blocks to be described as concisely as possible.
Physical blocks • Specified in XML • Hierarchy • Other blocks and • existing primitives • Inputs and outputs and clocks with pin numbers
Primitives • Common primitives are handled in the language • LUTs inputs can be reordered, a memory address cannot
Intra-Block Interconnect • Complete: crossbar switch –internal programmable signal • direct: direct connection- wire connection, no programmability • mux: multiplexed connection single-bit/bus - programmable signal
Modes of Operation • Mutually exclusive functionality • Represent FPGA structures being used in different ways
Packing Algorithm • Input: technology mapped Netlist, XML architecture • Output: Packed complex blocks • Greedy algorithm similar to other packing methods • while until all blocks are packed • Seed block s selected and packed • New complex block B for s • Pack additional blocks into B • Choose a compatible block c • Pack c into B if valid • Add B to Packed list
Selecting Netlist and Complex Blocks • Choose the block with the most nets attached • Candidates are selected based on affinity in equation 1 • Affinity = shared nets and connections divided by the number of pins the new block would add. • Connections is a measure of how likely the new block will need external connections • Alpha is set to .9
Legality: Location • attempting to pack: • chooses a location • verifies routing • traversing the complex block as a tree • ordered smallest to largest right to left • traversed right to left to ensure smallest resource consumption • attempts to pack the other nodes in the sub-tree: find a flip flop for a LUT • 30 packs on the sub-tree
Legality: Routablility • Initially, check if packing would exceeded external pin count • Then, generate routing graph for complex block • Assume any output can connect to any input of a complex block (switchbox architecture) • Apply pathfinder
Memory • Primitives are technology mapped with a single bit width • 256 X 8 memory mapped as 8 256X 1 bit memories • primitives mapped to same component if bus signals identical
Limitations • No support for timing in this implementation • primitive can map to only one complex logic block • flip flop can only be used in a LUT complex block, they cannot also be present in Multiplier complex blocks
Experiments • Verilog benchmarks • soft processors • image processors
Fracturable LUTS • CLBs: • fully connected BLEs • FI X N – no pin sharing • 8 BLEs • BLEs : • 1FLUT • 2 flip flops • 2 outputs • FlUTs: • 2 Modes • 6Lut • Dual 5LUTs • Variable number of inputs • Dual mode input sharing depends on number of inputs
FLUT Evaluation • Compare achieved area with the lower bound • Lower bound: number of complex blocks needed to contain the primitives without routing considerations • Efficiency : ratio of the achieved number of logic blocks and this value
Efficiency Results • 5 indicates all inputs are shared, 10 indicates no inputs are shared • 6 or 7 achieves tolerable efficiency • Number of inputs FI varied 5 – 10 • Geometric average across 5 benchmarks
Logic blocks and Channel width with number of inputs • # blocks decreases to 7 • Channel width from # inputs • first increases from more routing to each block • then decreases after 7: full efficiency so easier routing
Memory • Varied # bits and max width • best utilization: smallest size,maximum width
CLB consumption with memory size • Smaller memories: more logic due to muxes • Best results: multiple memory sizes
Conclusions • New language can describe complex architectures using: • Hierarchy • Modes • Arbitrary interconnects • Packing algorithm for this architecture • Verified on large benchmarks • Needs timing driven packing
How can we get additional improvement from technology mapping?
Academic FLUTs soft logic • 4 architectures : • K = 6 • M = 5,6,7,8 • M5: dual-output 6-LUT of a Xilinx Virtex5 • M8: StratixII ALM Exploring FPGA Technology Mapping for Fracturable LUT Minimization David Dickin, Lesley Shannon