Programming Hardware Accelerators

This is a repository with a collection of information and resources on programming hardware accelerators.

My goal is to accumulate knowledge on choosing and programming hardware accelerators and to share that knowledge with the wider community. Contributions are welcome.

Contributing

There are many ways how you can help.

• You can author a section on a topic you are an expert in. But let me know before you start.
• Small improvements are welcome without prior approval, just open a new PR.
• Feel free to propose ideas for new content.
• Reviewers with all backgrounds are welcome.

License

Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal

Contents

• Introduction to Workload Accelerators
  • AI Accelerators
  • Cryptographic Accelerators
  • Data Compression Accelerators
• How Accelerators Work
  • Asynchronous Request Submission
  • Ordering
• Accelerator Software
  • Accelerator Access from Linux User Space
  • VFIO
  • Linux UACCE
• Performance
  • Estimating Performance
  • Load Balancing