The UPMEM DPU SDK (v2023.1.0)

This repository contains UPMEM-DPU SDK version 2023.1.0 (currently unavailable on the official UPMEM website).

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Notes before starting

This document expects the reader to already know the DPU architecture.

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Toolchain purpose

The UPMEM DPU toolchain is designed to meet the following requirements:

• Creating the programs embedded on DPUs
• Creating the host application that will drive the DPU programs
• Debugging both the host application and the DPU programs

To achieve this, the toolchain provides:

• A C compiler to build DPU programs: dpu-upmem-dpurte-clang
• A Runtime Library for DPU programs
• A Host Library to build DPU-enabled host applications
• A debugger for both host application and DPU programs: dpu-lldb

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Installing the UPMEM DPU toolchain

The UPMEM DPU toolchain has versions qualified on Linux for the following distributions:

• Debian 10 (buster) (Recommended)
• CentOS 7
• CentOS 8
• Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

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Dependencies

Python

The debugging tools use Python-based helpers and scripts. It is recommended to have Python 3.x installed.

Example install (Ubuntu):

apt install python3

git clone https://github.com/CMU-SAFARI/UPMEM

source "$HOME/upmem-sdk/upmem_env.sh"