Lessons Learned On Which Applications Benefit When Implemented On Cpu-Fpga Heterogeneous System

In this work, we provide "lessons learned" from implementing two applications, collision detection and Boolean Gene Regulatory Networks (GRNs) simulation, on a CPU-FPGA heterogeneous platform. Both of these applications have, previously, been implemented and accelerated on FPGA-only devices, but when implemented on a more complete host and co-processor system the additional system factors, such as input and output data communication, impact the results. Using our two applications, we illustrate a set of lessons that need to be considered when porting applications to these emerging heterogeneous systems.