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SUMMARY:Moving Software to Hardware: The Start of a Journey
DESCRIPTION:**PLEASE REGISTER HERE**\nhttps://trifork.zoom.us/webinar/regis
 ter/WN_5OApy9-CRlWg80pdF0p1Gw\n\nJoin us along with Daniel Wisehart\, inve
 ntor of imaging electronics in CCD-based cameras successfully deployed in 
 NASA missions for a discussion and Q&A on moving software to hardware\, th
 e why and why not\, the problems and how it's done.\n\nWhy?\n● To keep t
 he CPU free to do what SW is better at and to use HW for what it is better
  at.\n● To filter the data noise the SW has to deal with and provide it 
 only with actionable data.\n● To prioritize and sort incoming data into 
 separate channels.\nConfigure HW triggers to act automatically on specific
  data.\n● To speed up tasks that can afford the cost of communicating be
 tween SW and HW.\n● To take advantage of the massively parallel nature o
 f HW.\n● To run long winded parallel process like genetic algorithm sear
 ch\n\nWhy not?\n● CPU is a dynamic\, general purpose\, fetch/fetch/execu
 te/store machine.\n● HW has a set configuration of static structures.\n\
 nWhat are the problems?\n● HW dev takes roughly five times longer than S
 W dev\, so Agile is difficult.\n● A synth/place/route takes one to four 
 hours\, so CI/CD is less helpful.\n● Simulation is available\, but data 
 creation and simulation are slow.\nDebugging in hardware is very limited.\
 n\nHow is it done?\n● Find the people who know FPGAs and who have experi
 ence with PCIe and Network designs.\n● Create an interface between HW an
 d SW that works well for both teams.\n● Create test adapters for both th
 e HW and SW teams that operate the other side of the interface so they may
  work in parallel.\n● Identify a hardware platform--usually\, a PCIe car
 d--with a suitable FPGA\, could be an AWS FPGA server.\n● Build out serv
 ers to support HW development\, or rent them from AWS.\n\nMore about Danie
 l:\nDaniel Wisehart is a sole inventor of imaging electronics in CCD-based
  cameras successfully deployed in NASA missions:\n\n● Ultra-low noise\, 
 ultra-low light\, radiation-hardened electronics flew into space on an ear
 th-sensing rocket called VISIONS.\n● Imaging the Mars Lander’s infrare
 d range finder during daylight hours from JPL in Southern California durin
 g the Lander’s sling-shot around the earth.\n● Custom image sensor for
  ground testing Hubble’s Wide Field Planetary Camera no. 3 (WFPC3).\n\n*
 *PLEASE REGISTER HERE**\nhttps://trifork.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5OApy
 9-CRlWg80pdF0p1Gw\n\nhttps://www.devopschat.co/meetings/moving-software-to
 -hardware-the-start-of-a-journey
URL:https://www.devopschat.co/meetings/moving-software-to-hardware-the-star
 t-of-a-journey
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