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Versal Adaptive SoC Hardware, IP, and Platform Development Methodology Guide (UG1387)

Document ID
UG1387
Release Date
2026-07-22
Version
2026.1 English

Vitis HLS generates the hardware design from C/C++ source code. Therefore, AMD recommends Vitis HLS for software developers who need to create PL blocks in a Versal adaptive SoC project.

Writing C/C++ for hardware differs from writing C/C++ for software. Versal devices have different underlying architectures compared to CPUs or GPUs. Therefore, it is important to use programming patterns optimized for Versal devices. The producer-consumer pattern is especially well-suited for Versal device programming.

Refer to this link in the Vitis High-Level Synthesis User Guide (UG1399) if you are not familiar with this concept. The guide also helps if you are unfamiliar with data streaming and pipelining.