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Key Issues Colin Cunningham Chair, Opticon Key Technology Network Are we repeating mistakes of history? CCD controllers? Hardware-independent software – is it achievable? Is OpenCL the answer? Dubious Not yet ready? But worth looking at Other suppliers are following in line (AMD etc) 10-20% performance hit Need to wait for maturity What will happen in the next few years Balance CPU/FPGA/GPU/NBT NBT – next big thing Someone has to come up with something to fit most peoples needs Communication FPGAs and CPUs on same die Socket fillers Computation Software bloat? Optimising algorithms for parallelisation Finding bottlenecks Compiler optimisation – Assembly? Can we build a community? Develop or use common tools DARC? SPARTA? Set standards Negotiate with industry Share best (and worst!) practice E.g. CCD world email list? CfAO fall retreat What common tools and standards do we need? Bench marks Common benchmark e.g. Whetstone? 2 types: Has to perform from AO point of view (equal to MVM MAP) Better computationally Different systems will have different metrics Library of algorithms Wiki AO Definitions – e.g. Latency (includes settling time? Camera readout?) Turbulence Test Data Well defined datasets for benchmarking with IP cores for FPGAs Make open source? No warrenty OpenCores, openFPGA communities ? Can we work with other communities? Radio astronomy ALMA SKA Invite to future workshops Games Scope here Other with similar requirements Low-latency/high frequency trading? HPC Cyber security Image processing Machine vision Continental power transmission Fusion community Navigation systems? ?  Who can coordinate? In Europe ESO OPTICON Worldwide SPIE$$$ ? Students? A committee of people... ACTION Ideas for future workshops Algorithms Deformable mirrors and associated technology What hardware (FPGA) are people using? Demonstrations Lessons learned Current AO systems Benchmark problem – and then a (competitive?) session based around this? If it doesn’t work, don’t turn