minerva: A 32-bit RISC-V soft processor

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内容简介：Minerva is a CPU core that currently implements theMinerva currently requires Python 3.6+ andTo use Minerva in its minimal configuration, you need to wire the following ports to

Minerva

A 32-bit RISC-V soft processor

Minerva is a CPU core that currently implements the RISC-V RV32IM instruction set. Its microarchitecture is described in plain Python code using the nMigen toolbox.

Quick start

Minerva currently requires Python 3.6+ and nMigen on its master branch.

python setup.py install
python cli.py generate > minerva.v

To use Minerva in its minimal configuration, you need to wire the following ports to minerva_cpu :

clk
rst
ibus__*
dbus__*
external_interrupt
timer_interrupt
software_interrupt

Features

The microarchitecture of Minerva is largely inspired by the LatticeMico32 processor.

Minerva is pipelined on 6 stages:

Address The address of the next instruction is calculated and sent to the instruction cache.
Fetch The instruction is read from memory.
Decode The instruction is decoded, and operands are either fetched from the register file or bypassed from the pipeline. Branches are predicted by the static branch predictor.
Execute Simple instructions such as arithmetic and logical operations are completed at this stage.
Memory More complicated instructions such as loads, stores and shifts require a second execution stage.
Writeback Results produced by the instructions are written back to the register file.

minerva: A 32-bit RISC-V soft processor

The L1 data cache is coupled to a write buffer. Store transactions are in this case done to the write buffer instead of the data bus. This enables stores to proceed in one clock cycle if the buffer isn't full, without having to wait for the bus transaction to complete. Store transactions are then completed in the background as the write buffer gets emptied to the data bus.

Configuration

The following parameters can be used to configure the Minerva core.

Parameter	Default value	Description
`reset_address`	`0x00000000`	Reset vector address
`with_icache`	`False`	Enable the instruction cache
`icache_nways`	`1`	Number of ways in the instruction cache
`icache_nlines`	`128`	Number of lines in the instruction cache
`icache_nwords`	`4`	Number of words in a line of the instruction cache
`icache_base`	`0x00000000`	Base of the instruction cache address space
`icache_limit`	`0x80000000`	Limit of the instruction cache address space
`with_dcache`	`False`	Enable the data cache
`dcache_nways`	`1`	Number of ways in the data cache
`dcache_nlines`	`128`	Number of lines in the data cache
`dcache_nwords`	`4`	Number of words in a line of the data cache
`dcache_base`	`0x00000000`	Base of the data cache address space
`dcache_limit`	`0x80000000`	Limit of the data cache address space
`with_muldiv`	`False`	Enable RV32M support
`with_debug`	`False`	Enable the Debug Module
`with_trigger`	`False`	Enable the Trigger Module
`nb_triggers`	`8`	Number of triggers
`with_rvfi`	`False`	Enable the riscv-formal interface

Possible improvements

In no particular order:

RV64I
Floating Point Unit
Stateful branch prediction
MMU
...

If you are interested in sponsoring new features or improvements, get in touch at contact [at] lambdaconcept.com .

License

Minerva is released under the permissive two-clause BSD license. See LICENSE file for full copyright and license information.

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