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Play Turning software into computer chips - Hastlayer
Description
Software is flexible, specialized hardware is extremely fast. So why not write software, then turn it into a computer chip? This is what Hastlayer does by transforming .NET software into electronic circuits. The result is faster and uses less power while you simply keep on writing software. You may not be able to tell just by looking at it but behind some function calls now actually embedded hardware is working! (You wonder how? Check out what FPGAs are!) In this demo-packed session we'll get an overview of what Hastlayer is, why it is useful for developers like you and how to write Hastlayer-compatible software.
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The Discussion
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markadamson Very cool! Thanks, it was perfectly targeted at software devs. Very tempted to get a dev board and have a play.
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alexandertsvetkov That's really amazing! One of those moments when you hear about an idea and it clicks, and the only question you have is "why nobody hasn't thought about it sooner". Looking forward to trying Hastlayer out!
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zoltanlehoczky Thanks guys, I'm glad you liked the talk and are as excited about Hastlayer as we are!
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jvs_ca Thanks, Zoltan! Fascinating presentation.
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Stelzi79 So to put it very simply Hastlayer is a fancy transpiler to transpile from .net IL to VHDL.
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zoltanlehoczky @jvs_ca:Thank you, I'm glad you liked it!
@Stelzi79: Kind of it is indeed. Though since VHDL is a totally different paradigm than .NET (as it's hardware description) the VHDL code generation is a lot more than a transpiling process. Also, Hastlayer provides the infrastructure to also easily use the generated hardware which would otherwise be quite hard.