FPGAs and the Open Computing Language

FPGAs and the Open Computing Language:

Open Computing Language (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenCL) is the first open, royalty-free standard for cross-platform, parallel programming of modern processors found in personal computers, servers and handheld/embedded devices. In other words, OpenCL is a framework for writing programs that execute across heterogeneous platforms consisting of CPUs, graphics processing units (GPUs), digital signal processors (DSPs), field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and other processors.

Altera (http://www.altera.com) will show off their FPGA SOC devices including hardened Dual ARM Cortex A9 cores along with the Quad ARM Cortex A53 core integrated into the Stratix 10 FPGA’s on the Intel 14nm tri-gate process. They'll cover the heterogeneous computing tools including OpenCL SDK for the development of hardware based acceleration. Please join us for this presentation and live demonstration.

We're excited to have Altera (http://www.altera.com) sponsor food and drinks for this meetup!

Agenda:

6:30 Arrive, grab food and drinks (thanks to Altera (http://altera.com))

6:45 Brad Kinard & Brian Oehlke of Altera (http://altera.com) and Arrow

8:00 Pitches & Demos:

• Sabertron (http://sabertron.com) lightsabers!

• DeadEye (http://deadeye.co) marksmanship!

• Curb (http://energycurb.com) energy!

8:30 meetup adjourned

Call to Action

If you have a new project or Kickstarter you'd like to demo, email me, bartley.gillan@gmail.com, and I'll add you to the agenda!

If you'd like to sponsor this meetup please contact me! If you're interested in Austin Hardware Startups (https://www.meetup.com/Austin-Hardware-Startup/), help spread the word!

Massive thanks to Altera (http://www.altera.com) for providing food and drinks at this event and continued thanks to Capital Factory (http://www.capitalfactory.com/) for providing meeting space.

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