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by simonw 2113 days ago
XLS as an acronym for Accelerated HW Synthesis is a bit of a stretch!
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high_derivative 2113 days ago
It's most likely inspired by XLA (Accelerated Linear Algebra) - same creator(s).
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dirtypersian 2113 days ago
I believe it might come from the fact that this process of going from high level programming language to hardware is called "high level synthesis". I think the "X" is meant to make it more generic, i.e. X level synthesis.
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simonw 2113 days ago
That makes sense. Accelerated => XL just about works for me.
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