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authorJohn Wickerson <j.wickerson@imperial.ac.uk>2020-11-20 22:32:09 +0000
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@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ It is notable that even without \vericert{} performing many optimisations, a few
%We are very encouraged by these data points.
As we improve \vericert{} by incorporating further optimisations, this gap should reduce whilst preserving our correctness guarantees.
-Cycle count is one factor in calculating execution times; the other is the clock frequency, which determines the duration of each of these cycles. Figure~\ref{fig:comparison_time} compares the execution times of \vericert{} and \legup{}. Across the original Polybench/C benchmarks, we see that \vericert{} designs are about $60\times$ slower than \legup{} designs. This more dramatic
+Cycle count is one factor in calculating execution times; the other is the clock frequency, which determines the duration of each of these cycles. Figure~\ref{fig:comparison_time} compares the execution times of \vericert{} and \legup{}. Across the original Polybench/C benchmarks, we see that \vericert{} designs are about $60\times$ slower than \legup{} designs. This more dramatic per
As mentioned earlier, we modify the Polybench programs to utilise C-based divides and modulos. We had to avoid using the built-in Verilog divides and modulos, since Quartus interprets them as single-cycle operations. This interpretation affects clock frequency drastically. On average, when using the built-in Verilog approach, \vericert{}'s clock frequency was 21MHz, compared to \legup{}'s clock frequency of 247MHz. By moving to the C-based approach, our average clock frequency is now 112MHz. Hence, we reduce the frequency gap from approximately $12\times$ to $2\times$. This gap still exists because \legup{} uses various optimisation tactics and Intel-specific IPs, which requires further engineering effort and testing from our side.