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Intel does have the Cyclone 5 SoC which integrates Cortex-A9 cores much like the Zynq 7000 series. That product predates the acquisition though and they don't s

Intel does have the Cyclone 5 SoC which integrates Cortex-A9 cores much like the Zynq 7000 series. That product predates the acquisition though and they don't seem to have released anything to compete with newer entries in the Zynq lineup

rwmj 3y ago
But the bet was customers would buy Xeons with an FPGA block that would "do magic". What magic it would do and how you'd program it in a sane way was never specified in great detail. In any case for those that really want this it turns out you can put the FPGA on the end of a regular PCIe link and get all the same benefits. Edit: By the way there is some niche research of the FPGA in core (which don't work if the FPGA is over PCIe). This paper describes a way to rearrange memory using a programmable FPGA-based memory controller to optimize database table accesses: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2109.14349.pdf https://arxiv.org/pdf/2109.14349.pdf
- sitkack 3y ago
  Intel suffers from the build it and they will come flaw of engineering. I want multiple FPGAs in the CPU. Replace the PMU with an FPGA, replace the MMU with an FPGA, and by replace I mean augment and extend. Of course an FPGA can't do all the work of fixed blocks. The ultimate problem is politics inside organizations and the lack of any sort of concrete creative thinking. That Intel isn't incorporating Altera into IFS and allowing IFS customers to include FPGA fabric into their designs is predictable but both astonishing. x86 and Altera as library IP only available on IFS would give them another 10 years of runway. Intel had the same market segmentation and lack of imagination in how they applied Optane. Heck, Optane should have had FPGA fabric in each dimm. It appears that each sub-sku has their own fiefdom and their own P&L that ignores ecosystem effects. Intel needs to be cleaned out.

rwmj 3y ago

But the bet was customers would buy Xeons with an FPGA block that would "do magic". What magic it would do and how you'd program it in a sane way was never specified in great detail. In any case for those that really want this it turns out you can put the FPGA on the end of a regular PCIe link and get all the same benefits. Edit: By the way there is some niche research of the FPGA in core (which don't work if the FPGA is over PCIe). This paper describes a way to rearrange memory using a programmable FPGA-based memory controller to optimize database table accesses: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2109.14349.pdf https://arxiv.org/pdf/2109.14349.pdf

sitkack 3y ago
Intel suffers from the build it and they will come flaw of engineering. I want multiple FPGAs in the CPU. Replace the PMU with an FPGA, replace the MMU with an FPGA, and by replace I mean augment and extend. Of course an FPGA can't do all the work of fixed blocks. The ultimate problem is politics inside organizations and the lack of any sort of concrete creative thinking. That Intel isn't incorporating Altera into IFS and allowing IFS customers to include FPGA fabric into their designs is predictable but both astonishing. x86 and Altera as library IP only available on IFS would give them another 10 years of runway. Intel had the same market segmentation and lack of imagination in how they applied Optane. Heck, Optane should have had FPGA fabric in each dimm. It appears that each sub-sku has their own fiefdom and their own P&L that ignores ecosystem effects. Intel needs to be cleaned out.