Guide to Computer Processor Architecture: A Risc-V Approach, with High-Level Synthesis

ISBN-13: 9783031180224 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 468 str.

Bernard Goossens

Opis

The book presents a succession of RISC-V processor implementations in increasing difficulty (non pipelined, pipelined, deeply pipelined, multithreaded, multicore).

Each implementation is shown as an HLS (High Level Synthesis) code in C++ which can really be synthesized and tested on an FPGA based development board (such a board can be freely obtained from the Xilinx University Program targeting the university professors).

The book can be useful for three reasons. First, it is a novel way to introduce computer architecture. The codes given can serve as labs for a processor architecture course. Second, the book content is based on the RISC-V Instruction Set Architecture, which is an open-source machine language promised to become the machine language to be taught, replacing DLX and MIPS. Third, all the designs are implemented through the High Level Synthesis, a tool which is able to translate a C program into an IP (Intellectual Property). Hence, the book can serve to engineers willing to implement processors on FPGA and to researchers willing to develop RISC-V based hardware simulators.

Spis treści

Part I. Single core processors.- 1. Getting Ready.- 2.  Building a RISC-V Processor.- 3. Building a Pipelined RISC-V Processor.- 4. Building a RISC-V Processor with a Multi-cycle Pipeline.- 5.  Building a RISC-V Processor with a Multiple Hart Pipeline.- Part II. Multiple core processors.- 6. Connecting IPs.- 7. A Multi-core RISC-V Processor.- 8. A Multi-core RISC-V Processor with Multi-hart Cores.

O autorze

Bernard Goossens is Professor in the Faculty of Sciences at the Université de Perpignan, France.  He is the author of the French-language book from Springer, Architecture et microarchitecture des processeurs, 2002.

Blurb

This unique, accessible textbook presents a succession of implementations of the open-source RISC-V processor.  Implementations are offered in increasing difficulty (non-pipelined, pipelined, deeply pipelined, multi-threaded, multicore).

Each implementation is shown as a High-Level Synthesis (HLS) code in C++.  This facilitates synthesis and testing on an FPGA-based development board (Such a board can be freely obtained from the Xilinx University Program targeting university professors).

The book can be useful for several reasons. First, it is a novel way to introduce computer architecture: The codes given can serve as labs for a processor architecture course. Second, the book content is based on the RISC-V Instruction Set Architecture, which is an open-source machine language promising to become the main machine language to be taught, replacing DLX and MIPS. Third, all the designs are implemented through the HLS tool, which is able to translate a C program into an intellectual property (IP).  Lastly, HLS will become the new standard for IP implementations, replacing Verilog/VHDL; already there are job positions tied to HLS, with the argument of rapid IP development.

Hence, in addition to offering undergraduates a firm introduction, the textbook/guide can also serve engineers willing to implement processors on FPGA, as well as researchers willing to develop RISC-V based hardware simulators.

Bernard Goossens is Professor in the Faculty of Sciences at the Université de Perpignan, France.  He is author of the French-language book from Springer, Architecture et microarchitecture des processeurs, 2002.