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20140924Notes

• correlator finished
• benchmark dreamer against different implementations
  • FPGA-based FFT and correlator designs
  • ASIC designs
  • generic CPU
  • what size/style do we compare against? how big of a correlator/FFT?
• Krste wants a demo of hurricane
  • how can we effectively demo the design?
  • do we need fast IO for our demo, or can we come up with a demo not needing this? yes, basically necessary
  • get some help from Dan (can he come to next week’s meeting?)
  • SERDES: 3 Gbps manageable, but faster would be expensive or take a lot of effort to design
  • multiple demos? run SIFT on one with video input for a fun demo, and correlator or FFT to demo radio astronomy application

1. come up with demo
   1. Spectrometer - ask Dan for ideas
   2. SIFT video processing - for visual shock
2. discuss IO requirements and possibilities (IP vs. research)
   1. SERDES IP - can we coordinate with Splash to distribute costs?
   2. research - get some BWRC slave to design one as a PhD
   3. DRAM - can we get away just with DRAM?

Action items

1. clean up benchmarks, make automated testbenches
2. ask Dan and Bora to come