📝 This post was initially released on the HLS Works Blog in 2020. The post was moved to this website after HLS Works closed in Sep 2021. Enabling Burst Transactions on an AXIM Interface in HLS Burst transactions are essential to take full advantage of the AXIM interface. After performing many tests and reading the documentation several times, I must say that there is not a well-defined behavior of Vitis HLS.

📝 This post was initially released on the HLS Works Blog in 2020. The post was moved to this website after HLS Works closed in Sep 2021. The AXI Master interface in HLS (The Basics) The AXI4 master is a powerfull interface that supports many features, but probably the most remarkable feature is support for burst transactions (Covered in detail in this post). An AXI Master (AXIM) interface is commonly used to access the DDR memory, though it can also be used to access other cores, such as BRAM or URAM.

📝 This post was initially released on the HLS Works Blog in 2020. The post was moved to this website after HLS Works closed in Sep 2021. Why use HLS data types The C/C++ language has many data types that most people are familiar with, from the basic ones, char, int, unsigned, and float, to the bit accurate std types, including int8_t, int32_t, and more. If there are so many data types to choose from, why would we even bother with new ones?

📝 This post was initially released on the HLS Works Blog in 2020. The post was moved to this website after HLS Works closed in Sep 2021. Automate HLS IP Core Deployment In the last post, we introduced our new CI system and its remarkable features, such as automated testing and code coverage report generation. However, that was just the beginning step in our journey to automate most processes to save time and focus on what matters, providing better-quality code to our customers.

📝 This post was initially released on the HLS Works Blog in 2020. The post was moved to this website after HLS Works closed in Sep 2021. Automate test execution HLS Nowadays, continuous integration (CI) is a must, and including CI in our workflow has been a game-changer. We have automated many processes to save an enormous amount of time that can be spent on improving quality and delivering a better product to our customers.