---
title: "OpenPOWER Summit North America 2019: Unleash the Power of Customized Accelerators"
date: "2019-09-25"
categories: 
  - "blogs"
tags: 
  - "openpower"
  - "ibm"
  - "fpga"
  - "openpower-foundation"
  - "openpower-summit-north-america"
  - "opencapi-acceleration-framework"
  - "oc-accel"
---

By: Hugh Blemings, Executive Director, OpenPOWER Foundation

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Porting functions to FPGA has never been so easy!

At this year’s [OpenPOWER Summit North America](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/openpower-summit-north-america-2019/), IBM’s Yong Lu hosted a session on the OpenCAPI Acceleration Framework, abbreviated as OC-Accel. OC-Accel is a platform that enables programmers and computer engineers to quickly create FPGA-based accelerations. 

Developers can use OC-Accel to boost acceleration performance. The framework enables global memory sharing, open and easy developing, improved latency and increased throughput. (In fact, OC-Accel actually enables the best throughput performance in the world!) 

To learn more about the benefits of OC-Accel, watch the full session below.

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