Submission Instructions

FPGA Contest

Preliminary Submissions

You can optionally submit your design for the preliminary submissions (see schedule). This allows you to check that your solutions is working on our evaluation platform.

Requirements:

  1. Submit the following files:
    • Your Jupyter notebook (*.ipynb)
    • Hardware files (*.bit and *.hwh)
    • Any other files we need to run your design (ie a weights file)
    • DO NOT submit the dac_sdc.py file.
  2. Your notebook should be structured as explained in the example notebook provided (dac_sdc.ipynb).
    • Leave the sys.path.append(os.path.abspath("../common")) statement in the notebook so that the official dac_sdc.py file can be located.
  3. Your notebook must run without error using the Run All Cells command in Jupyter.
  4. Do not hardcode any file paths.
  5. If you are using the v1 board, be sure to fix the power rail names before submission.
  6. Place all of your files in a single zip archive and submit it.

Final Submission

For the final submission, follow the instructions above. In addition:

  1. Submit all source files for your design, in a zip archive.
  2. Your design must be available, open-source, and in working condition in order to be considered for an award. You are permitted to use publicly available closed source tools and IP (Xilinx’s DPU); however, all of your work (any modifications and configurations to commercial, closed-source tools), must be accessible.

GPU Contest

Preliminary Submissions

You can optionally submit your design for the preliminary submissions (see schedule). This allows you to check that your solutions is working on our evaluation platform.

Requirements:

  1. Submit the following files:
    • Your Jupyter notebook (*.ipynb)
    • Any other files we need to run your design (ie a weights file)
    • DO NOT submit the dac_sdc.py file.
  2. Your notebook should be structured as explained in the example notebook provided (dac_sdc.ipynb).
    • Leave the sys.path.append(os.path.abspath("../common")) statement in the notebook so that the official dac_sdc.py file can be located.
  3. Your notebook must run without error using the Run All Cells command in Jupyter.
  4. Do not hardcode any file paths.
  5. If you are using the v1 board, be sure to fix the power rail names before submission.
  6. Place all of your files in a single zip archive and submit it.

Final Submission

For the final submission, follow the instructions above. In addition:

  1. Submit all source files for your design, in a zip archive.
  2. Your design must be available, open-source, and in working condition in order to be considered for an award. You are permitted to use publicly available closed source tools and GPU; however, all of your work (any modifications and configurations to commercial, closed-source tools), must be accessible.