# Hastlayer-SDK

**Repository Path**: hastlayer/Hastlayer-SDK

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: Hastlayer-SDK
- **Description**: Hastlayer 旨在为 .NET 平台的软件开发人员提供一种工具，以使用 FPGA 加速其程序的性能关键部分，同时与高端 CPU 相比，大幅提高性能并大幅降低功耗。Hastlayer 从 .NET 程序代码自动生成 FPGA 实现的逻辑电路，并屏蔽与硬件实现交换的软件部分 – 周围的软件使用硬件组件，就像它是标准 .NET 软件一样。
- **Primary Language**: C#
- **License**: BSD-3-Clause
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

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- **Created**: 2025-06-23
- **Last Updated**: 2025-06-23

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## README

# Hastlayer SDK Readme



## Overview

[Hastlayer](https://hastlayer.com/) - be the hardware. Hastlayer automatically transforms [.NET](https://www.microsoft.com/net/) assemblies into computer chips, improving performance and lowering power consumption for massively parallel applications.

Hastlayer uses [FPGAs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field-programmable_gate_array) (chips that can be "re-wired" on the fly): Simply select the compute-bound part of your .NET program, and Hastlayer seamlessly swaps it out with a generated FPGA implementation. Since .NET Intermediate Language assemblies (but not C#, VisualBasic or other code) are transformed, you can use any .NET language (e.g. C#, VB, F# - sample included, C++, Python, PHP, and JavaScript) in theory.

Hastlayer was also featured on [.NET Conf 2017](https://channel9.msdn.com/events/dotnetConf/2017/T212) and [many other conferences and meetups](https://hastlayer.com/hastlayer-world-tour). The [recorded session](https://channel9.msdn.com/events/dotnetConf/2017/T212) covers interesting features of Hastlayer (it's also on [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03Sq5m3eUSs)). Check out the [FAQ](https://hastlayer.com/faq) for more information.
 
This is the PC-side component of Hastlayer, the one that transforms .NET assemblies, programs attached FPGAs, and communicates with said FPGAs.

Created by [Lombiq Technologies](https://lombiq.com/), an open source .NET web development company working mostly with [Orchard CMS](https://orchardproject.net).

Hastlayer uses [ILSpy](http://ilspy.net/) to process CIL assemblies and [Orchard Application Host](https://github.com/Lombiq/Orchard-Application-Host) to utilize [Orchard](http://orchardproject.net/) as the application framework.


## Notes on Hastlayer's documentation

These text files should only serve as a starting point. The samples are the best source of information on how to use Hastlayer. The public API of Hastlayer is also documented inline as code comments. Please check the comments for clarification. The projects also have README files.


## Table of contents

- [Getting started](Docs/GettingStarted.md)
- [Working with Hastlayer](Docs/WorkingWithHastlayer.md)
- [Developing Hastlayer](Docs/DevelopingHastlayer.md)
- [Release notes](Docs/ReleaseNotes.md)
- [Roadmap](Docs/Roadmap.md)
- [Support](Docs/Support.md)


## Repository and contributing

The project's source is available in a [git repository on GitHub](https://github.com/Lombiq/Hastlayer-SDK). Note that due to a repository purge the repo history doesn't contain anything from before July 2017 though development has been ongoing more or less actively from 2015.

Bug reports, feature requests and comments are warmly welcome and feel free to send pull requests too.

This project is developed by [Lombiq Technologies Ltd](https://lombiq.com/). Commercial-grade support is available through Lombiq.