Xilinx RAMP donations

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Xilinx RAMP donations

• Kees Vissers
• Paul Hartke
• Xilinx Research

2
Xilinx Ramp Support

• Donations to make complete boards available
• Upgrade the donation of parts from LX110T to
  LX155T, same speed grade as Microsoft
• Engineering support in detailed transfer of
  memory interfaces, MIG, MPMC
• Close cooperation with Microsoft, UC Berkeley and
  BEEcube to deliver a working system
• Port of an core emulation to Bee3.

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Most recent donation

• Purchase of 7 complete systems, including memory
  power supply and communication board and basic
  firmware, given to RAMP
• 3 for system Bringup at UC Berkeley
• 3 required to be available remotely for any RAMP
  participant
• 1 at Xilinx for further cooperation
• Chuck Thackers planned use of remote access is
  really possible

4
Remaining RAMP donations

• Changed from 5 smaller donations for mainly
  boards to essentially 2 or 3 donations for
  complete systems.
• First 7 systems need to be delivered and
  available
• Approximately half of the budget has been used
• Next Ramp PIs determine the second half
• Donation requires agreement with RAMP PIs and
  Xilinx
• John Wawrzynek is the RAMP PI spokesperson
• Kees Vissers is the Xilinx spokesperson
• UC Berkeley responsible for
• hosting the website/wiki page withRAMP designware
• Community building and user conferences.
• Delivery based on Xilinx donations.

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Proposed schedule

• Get 3 Bee3 systems available for remote usage,
  get some experience.
• Discuss this retreat research interest for the
  next steps
• Hold a conference call with all ramp PIs 3 months
  after real usage
• Determine next step 1 final donation, or 2
  donations with more experience
• Help build the RAMP community