OpenPARF: An Open-Source Placement and Routing Framework for Large-Scale Heterogeneous FPGAs with Deep Learning Toolkit

06/29/2023
by   Jing Mai, et al.
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This paper proposes OpenPARF, an open-source placement and routing framework for large-scale FPGA designs. OpenPARF is implemented with the deep learning toolkit PyTorch and supports massive parallelization on GPU. The framework proposes a novel asymmetric multi-electrostatic field system to solve FPGA placement. It considers fine-grained routing resources inside configurable logic blocks (CLBs) for FPGA routing and supports large-scale irregular routing resource graphs. Experimental results on ISPD 2016 and ISPD 2017 FPGA contest benchmarks and industrial benchmarks demonstrate that OpenPARF can achieve 0.4-12.7 placement. We believe that OpenPARF can pave the road for developing FPGA physical design engines and stimulate further research on related topics.

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