ahmad-zaklouta/pipeline-risc-cpu

Design and VHDL implementation of RISC CPU with 5 stages pipeline

Pipelined RICS Processor

Design and VHDL implementation of RISC CPU with 5-stage pipeline.

Team #4

Name	Section	B. N
Evram Youssef	1	9
Remonda Talaat	1	20
Mahmoud Adas	2	21
Mohamed Shawky	2	16

Requirements

• docker 19.03.6
• GNU bash 4.4.19(1)-release
• gtkwave (only to view simulation output) 3.3.93
• python3

After Installing Docker

1. Run Docker Daemon

   $ sudo systemctl enable --now docker

2. To run docker without sudo (https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/linux-postinstall/):

$ sudo groupadd docker
$ sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
$ newgrp docker

Run vunit tests

• To compile and run all vunit tests:

  $ ./run-test

• To compile and run vunit test y.vhdl in directory test :

  $ ./run-test y

View waveform

• If file y.vhdl has test case with name some_test_name , you can view its waveform (after ./run-test ) with:

  $ ./wave y.some_test_case

$ ./list-tests lists all available test cases.

• If y.vhdl is not vunit test file, then type $ ./wave y

View vunit logs

To view logs of test case some_test_name of file y.vhdl :

$ ./logs y.some_test_case

Playground

Run any assembly you want on the cpu simulation, just give it to playgournd script from the stdin, and it will compile test/main_tb.vhdl and run the cpu till hlt (you should add 'end' instruction at the end).

playground script dumps the ccr, reg-file and data-mem at the end to out/{ccr,data_mem,reg_file}.playground.out.

$ printf 'and r0, r1, r2 \n end' | ./playgournd

$ ./playgournd <input/full_test/Branch.asm

Assembler

$ ./scripts/asm < /path/to/input.asm > /path/to/output.binary

Modelsim Folder Structure

• modelsim_tests_do : contains the following :

1. cases : the provided test cases assembly. An END instruction is added to mark the end of each section, in order to end the simulation.
2. cases_binary : the file that contains binary code from assembler.
3. cases_do_memory : do files to initially load instructions in memory one by one.
4. cases_hex : same as cases_binary but in hex.
5. cases_mem : modelsim memory files to be loaded directly to the simulation.
6. cases_with_NOP : same as cases but with NOPs added to test disabled hazard handling.
7. do_files : contains do files for all provided test cases inside MAIN folder. However, MAIN with NOP folder contains do files for cases tested with NOPs.
8. scripts : some python scripts to automate memory loading do files.
9. waves : screenshots of the waves produced by all provided test cases.

Modelsim Usage

• For using modelsim with provided test cases :

1. Copy all vhdl files to a new modelsim project and compile them.
2. Run the do file corresponding to the cases from modelsim_tests_do/do_files/MAIN/*.
3. You might need to change the path of the .mem file in do file to correspond to memory files in modelsim_tests_do/cases_mem or simply add cases_mem folder to your modelsim project.

• For using modelsim with other test cases :

1. Copy all vhdl files to a new modelsim project and compile them.
2. Create the binary file from assembler.
3. Load memory file to modelsim one by one.
4. Execute the desired do file.