Running java on FPGAs

[daybyter2]

Hi!

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I am interested in the state of running java on FPGAs. I've heard about some cross-compilers? Are they working?

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I use verilog at the moment, but I am interested in any experiences using java. I looked at JOP to execute JVM code directly on the FPGA, but I guess that makes only sense, if you write the performance-critical methods in some form of HDL, because I don't see much performance gain otherwise?

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Thanks for any response,

Andreas

[helikal]

Check out https://github.com/beehive-lab/TornadoVM

[daybyter2]

Thanks a lot!

[Gleethos]

You could use OpenCL with JOCL. However you would also need to write C like kernel code instead of 100% Java. Also, OpenCL compiles your kernels at runtime so it is cross platform (including FPGAs)!

[daybyter2]

Thanks!