The main data streams to and from the AI Engine are the AI Engine to PL streaming interface and GMIO, which is used to make external memory-mapped connections to or from the global memory. The interface between the PS and AI Engine has a low throughput and is ideal for configuration. The AI Engine-GMIO directly connects to the DDR memory through the AI Engine-NoC master unit (NMU).
The bandwidth of AI Engine GMIO is affected by the number of NMUs and DDR memory controllers used in the platform.