AI Engine kernels operate on either streams or blocks of data. AI Engine kernels operate on data of specific types, for example, int32 and cint32. A block of data used by a kernel is called a buffer of data. Kernels consume input stream or buffer of data and produce output stream or buffer of data. Kernels access data streams in a sample-by-sample fashion. For additional details on stream APIs, see Streaming Data API. For additional details on buffers, see Input and Output Buffers.
AI Engine kernels can also have RTP ports to be updated or read by PS. For more information about RTP, see Run-Time Graph Control API.