[VTA][TSIM] update app example (#3343)

* add initial support to cycle counter to accelerator

* remove prints from c

* add event counter support to chisel tsim example

* make it more readable

* use a config class

* update driver

* add individual Makefile to chisel

* add rule for installing vta package

* add makefile for verilog backend

* update drivers

* update

* rename

* update README

* put default sim back

* set counter to zero
23 files changed
tree: 474f9e34f9ee6e1c1272f2e3d632c674cd6f98e5
  1. apps/
  2. config/
  3. hardware/
  4. include/
  5. python/
  6. src/
  7. tests/
  8. tutorials/
  9. README.md
README.md

VTA: Open, Modular, Deep Learning Accelerator Stack

VTA (versatile tensor accelerator) is an open-source deep learning accelerator complemented with an end-to-end TVM-based compiler stack.

The key features of VTA include:

  • Generic, modular, open-source hardware
    • Streamlined workflow to deploy to FPGAs.
    • Simulator support to prototype compilation passes on regular workstations.
  • Driver and JIT runtime for both simulator and FPGA hardware back-end.
  • End-to-end TVM stack integration
    • Direct optimization and deployment of models from deep learning frameworks via TVM.
    • Customized and extensible TVM compiler back-end.
    • Flexible RPC support to ease deployment, and program FPGAs with the convenience of Python.

Learn more about VTA here.