The first step in this design flow includes the development and functional verification of the individual components of the processing system: AI Engine graph and PL kernels (HLS and/or RTL). During this step, these components are typically developed and tested independently from one another. However, it is possible to use the Vitis environment hardware emulation flow to start testing the integration of these components.
In this step, verification focuses primarily on functional considerations. Performance information generated for each component typically assumes ideal I/O patterns and no backpressure with data always available. However, it is important to make note of the available performance data, because the system performance is not likely to improve as you progress through your design. Be sure to meet your performance objectives in each step, starting with the first step in the design flow.