II-New: PyMTL: A Unified Framework for Vertically Integrated Computer Architecture Research

该项目将开发一个新的建模框架，以实现引人注目的新的垂直集成计算机体系结构研究。该框架被PI称为PyMTL，它利用Python编程语言为并发结构建模和硬件设计创建高效的特定于域的嵌入式语言。使用Python作为建模和框架实现语言在生产率方面提供了相当大的好处。该提案还介绍了将PYMTL纳入计算机工程课程的计划，以及正在进行的教育和行业推广工作。该项目将支持以下研究项目：数据并行加速器；动态编程语言加速器；片上互连网络；全芯片高级综合；以及针对现场可编程门阵列的特定领域的规范和编译。PIS机构的其他研究人员，以及更广泛的计算机体系结构社区内的其他研究人员，也将使用PYMTL来实现各种领域的根本进步。该项目还包括一项计划，通过在线门户网站、会议教程、在线教程、示例实验室作业、基于云的开发环境和PyMTL测试版，让计算机体系结构研究社区参与进来。

This project will develop a new modeling framework to enable compelling new vertically integrated computer architecture research. The framework, called the PyMTL by the PIs, leverages the Python programming language to create a highly productive domain-specific embedded language for concurrent structural modeling and hardware design. The use of Python as a modeling and framework implementation language provides considerable benefit in terms of productivity. The proposal also describes plans for integrating PyMTL into the computer engineering curriculum, and ongoing educational and industry outreach efforts. The project will enable research projects on data-parallel accelerators; accelerators for dynamic programming languages; on-chip interconnection networks; full-chip high-level synthesis; and domain-specific specification and compilation for FPGAs. It is also envisioned that other researchers at PIs' institution, and more broadly within the computer architecture community, will use PyMTL to enable fundamental advances in a variety of areas. The project also consists of a plan for engaging the computer architecture research community through an online based portal, conference tutorials, online tutorials, example lab assignments, cloud-based development environments, and PyMTL beta-testing.