Jekyll2025-11-02T01:01:22+00:00https://fires.im/feed.xmlFireSimFireSim is an open-source (https://github.com/firesim/firesim) FPGA-accelerated full-system hardware simulation platform that makes it easy to validate, profile, and debug RTL hardware implementations at 10s to 100s of MHz. FireSim simplifies co-simulating ASIC RTL with cycle-accurate hardware and software models for other system components (e.g. I/Os). FireSim can productively scale from individual SoC simulations hosted on on-prem FPGAs (e.g., a single Xilinx Alveo board attached to a desktop) to massive datacenter-scale simulations harnessing hundreds of cloud FPGAs (e.g., on Amazon EC2 F1).Sagar KarandikarFireSim 1.17.0 Released with Support for Xilinx VCU118, U250, U280, and RHS Research Nitefury II On-Premises FPGAs2023-07-09T16:00:00+00:002023-07-09T16:00:00+00:00https://fires.im/2023/07/09/firesim-1.17.0-released-with-vcu118-u250-u280-nitefury-supportWe just released FireSim 1.17.0, which adds support for several new on-premises FPGA boards, including:

All of these platforms support all FireSim features, including advanced debugging features like TracerV, Printf Synthesis, and more. FireSim’s automation is also maintained, enabling the ability to build large local clusters of FPGAs and automatically deploy simulations to them. The getting started guides for each FPGA (linked above) explain how to set up host systems of various scales, including:

  • A portable FireSim-host consisting of a laptop with a Thunderbolt-attached Nitefury II FPGA (e.g., FireStarter laptop on slide 32 here)
  • A desktop-based FireSim-host with one or a handful of FPGAs (e.g., FireStation desktop on slide 28 here)
  • A large on-premises FireSim-host cluster with many machines and many FPGAs

All of the platforms listed above are supported using XDMA-based shells. If you were previously using FireSim’s Vitis-based U250 support, we highly recommend migrating to the new XDMA-based U250 flow.

]]>Sagar KarandikarFireSim Selected for ISCA@50 25-year Retrospective 1996-20202023-06-29T16:00:00+00:002023-06-29T16:00:00+00:00https://fires.im/2023/06/29/firesim-selected-for-isca50-retrospectiveFireSim was selected for the “ISCA@50 25-year Retrospective 1996-2020” and the retrospectives are now published! You can find our retrospective paper here.

]]>Sagar KarandikarVideos from the First FireSim and Chipyard User/Developer Workshop Now Available2023-04-03T16:00:00+00:002023-04-03T16:00:00+00:00https://fires.im/2023/04/03/firesim-workshop-asplos-2023-videos-availableWe held the First FireSim and Chipyard User/Developer Workshop at ASPLOS 2023 on March 26, 2023! This workshop featured a full-day of talks from users and developers in the FireSim and Chipyard community. YouTube videos of the talks (and slides) are now available on the 2023 Workshop Page!

]]>Sagar KarandikarVideos from the FireSim and Chipyard Tutorial at ASPLOS 2023 Now Available2023-04-02T16:00:00+00:002023-04-02T16:00:00+00:00https://fires.im/2023/04/02/firesim-tutorial-asplos-2023-videos-availableVideos and slides from our hands-on tutorial on FireSim and Chipyard at ASPLOS 2023 are now available.

You can find them here: https://fires.im/asplos-2023-tutorial/

]]>Sagar KarandikarTutorial on FireSim and Chipyard at ISCA 20232023-03-03T16:00:00+00:002023-03-03T16:00:00+00:00https://fires.im/2023/03/03/firesim-tutorial-at-isca-2023We’re running a hands-on tutorial on FireSim and Chipyard at the 50th International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA 2023) in Orlando, FL on June 17, 2023. Learn more here: https://fires.im/isca-2023-tutorial/

Slides will be available after the tutorial and attendees will get to work hands-on on EC2 for free, thanks to the generosity of AWS and Xilinx. Hope to see you there!

]]>Sagar KarandikarFirst FireSim and Chipyard User/Developer Workshop at ASPLOS 20232023-01-26T16:00:00+00:002023-01-26T16:00:00+00:00https://fires.im/2023/01/26/firesim-workshop-at-asplos-2023We’re running the First FireSim and Chipyard User/Developer Workshop at ASPLOS 2023 on March 26, 2023 in Vancouver, BC, Canada! This workshop will feature a full-day of submitted talks from users and developers in the FireSim and Chipyard community. Learn more and submit your work on the 2023 Workshop Page!

]]>Sagar KarandikarTutorial on FireSim and Chipyard at ASPLOS 20232023-01-14T16:00:00+00:002023-01-14T16:00:00+00:00https://fires.im/2023/01/14/firesim-tutorial-at-asplos-2023We’re running a hands-on tutorial on FireSim and Chipyard at the 28th International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems (ASPLOS 2023) in Vancouver, BC, Canada on March 25, 2023. Learn more here: https://fires.im/asplos-2023-tutorial/

Slides will be available after the tutorial and attendees will get to work hands-on on EC2 for free, thanks to the generosity of AWS and Xilinx. Hope to see you there!

]]>Sagar KarandikarTutorial on FireSim and Chipyard at HPCA 20232022-10-31T16:00:00+00:002022-10-31T16:00:00+00:00https://fires.im/2022/10/31/firesim-tutorial-at-hpca-2023We’re running a hands-on tutorial on FireSim and Chipyard at the 29th IEEE International Symposium on High-Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA-29) in Montreal, QC, Canada on February 26, 2023. Learn more here: https://fires.im/hpca-2023-tutorial/

Slides will be available after the tutorial and attendees will get to work hands-on on EC2 for free, thanks to the generosity of AWS and Xilinx. Hope to see you there!

]]>Sagar KarandikarTutorial on FireSim and Chipyard at MICRO 20222022-08-16T16:00:00+00:002022-08-16T16:00:00+00:00https://fires.im/2022/08/16/firesim-tutorial-at-micro-2022We’re running a hands-on tutorial on FireSim and Chipyard at the 2022 International Symposium on Microarchitecture in Chicago, IL on October 1, 2022. Learn more here: https://fires.im/micro-2022-tutorial/

Slides will be available after the tutorial and attendees will get to work hands-on on EC2 for free, thanks to the generosity of AWS and Xilinx. Hope to see you there!

]]>Sagar KarandikarTutorial on FireSim and Chipyard at ISCA 20222022-02-17T16:00:00+00:002022-02-17T16:00:00+00:00https://fires.im/2022/02/17/firesim-tutorial-at-isca-2022We’re running a hands-on tutorial on FireSim and Chipyard at the 49th International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA 2022) in New York, NY on June 18, 2022. Learn more here: https://fires.im/isca-2022-tutorial/

Slides will be available after the tutorial and attendees will get to work hands-on on EC2 for free, thanks to the generosity of AWS and Xilinx. Hope to see you there!

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