ibex
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ibex
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RISC-V support in Android just got a big setback
> Right now, most devices on the market do not support the C extension
This is not true and easily verifiable.
The C extension is defacto required, the only cores that don't support it are special purpose soft cores.
C extension in the smallest IP available core https://github.com/olofk/serv?tab=readme-ov-file
Supports M and C extensions https://github.com/YosysHQ/picorv32
Another sized optimized core with C extension support https://github.com/lowrisc/ibex
C extension in the 10 cent microcontroller https://www.wch-ic.com/products/CH32V003.html
This one should get your goat, it implements as much as it can using only compressed instructions https://github.com/gsmecher/minimax
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Major Changes at RISC-V Designer SiFive
We've had people consider Ibex for space applications, well verified and has a dual-core lockstep option: https://github.com/lowRISC/ibex.
An ETH Zurich team have done a triple core lockstep version for cubesats: https://www.theregister.com/2023/10/05/riscv_microcontroller...
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Hot Chips 2023: SiFive’s P870 Takes RISC-V Further
I definitely agree with the primary point, "building a chip that meets specfic requirements we got from the customer" is not easy and it what matters.
However, RISCV cores abound. In pretty much any computing language known to man with varying design trade-offs and capabilities. It's extremely difficult to differentiate at the RTL level at this time.
Here is a high quality, well documented, SystemVerilog version intended for embedded applications that I know has been included in multiple ASIC and FPGA designs successfully.
https://github.com/lowRISC/ibex
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Looking to work in Open Source Silicon and RISC-V? lowRISC is hiring DV and infrastructure engineers
lowRISC's (www.lowrisc.org) mission is to bring open source silicon to the hardware world and see it shipping in volume in commercial applications. We want to see open source silicon occupy a similar position to open source software (e.g. look at Linux, it's the default choice in many applications, we'd like open source silicon to be used for similar foundational technologies in the hardware world).
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How to use verilator to transfer a design with multiple files to a verilated model?
Here I will just use Ibex, a risc-v processor as an example, of which the repository is here: lowrisc_ibex. There are many files in this repository and I wonder which files I need given a specific configuration (for example, the configuration of "maxperf"), and how I can combine all the necessary files together, feed them to verilator and get its verilated model? I understand that only by going through this step will I acquire necessary C++ header files to write the testbench
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Ushering In a New Era for Open-Source Silicon Development (CEO of lowrisc , a non profit that develops open source hardware on why open source hardware failed in the past, and how lowrisc does things differently)
i think it might be worth it to post it here because lowrisc develops ibex (a open source risc-v core).
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What is to be gained from ISA convergence on all levels of computing?
Yeah but you can have both an open source (e.g. ibex) and closed source implementations for controllers (the open source one is free and you can improve it and even close its source so competitors won't benefit from your improvements) , and you can migrate from one supplier to another without spending a lot of money on migrating the software.
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synthesizing and using the Ibex RISC-V core
I am pretty new to RISC-V and open-source hardware and just began learning and working with them as part of my research. I searched about different models that have some credible documents and research done into them and decided I would try and use the ibex as the hardware language is easier for me to follow too.
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RISC-V Pushes into the Mainstream
Ibex is open source and has taped out - https://github.com/lowRISC/ibex
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RISC-V simulator
That said we used Spike as a reference simulator for verifying Ibex (RISC-V core I work on, https://github.com/lowRISC/ibex) and we run an extensive set of random programs through it comparing its execution to Ibex's and I've not come across any major issues.
litex
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FPGA Dev Boards for $150 or Less
https://github.com/enjoy-digital/litex
they have tutorials, you can get compatible boards for around $20
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Need help to build a RISC-V Processor on Artix-7 FPGA: Final Year Engineering Project Guide
With LiteX you can synthesize a VexRiscV processor. You can run Linux on it. The toolchain is pretty easy to use, as long as you use Xilinx Vivado to compile to gateware.
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Sunset TCL scripts ?
LiteX is a great example of a Python-first flow. However, they have chosen not to subordinate the scripting environment to a GUI toolchain - EDA vendors are unlikely to choose the same trade.
- synthesizing and using the Ibex RISC-V core
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Been messing around with litex and migen on my Tang Primer 20K
To lean these: https://github.com/enjoy-digital/litex, https://github.com/m-labs/migen
- CPU design for college project
- How can I learn about RISC-V and use case? I want to do a project for begginers
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How Much Would It Cost For A Truly Open Source RISC-V SOC?
If you use LiteX to generate a VexRiscV system-on-a-chip, you can include an open source DDR DRAM PHY. This works on Xilinx Spartan-6, Spartan7Artix7/Kintex7/Virtex7 FPGAs, and Lattice ECP5 FPGAs. DDR/LPDDR/DDR2/DDR3 depending on the FPGA.
- LiteX: Build Hardware Easily
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Using FPGAs for computations as a beginner
I am interested in trying out FPGAs for the purpose of running specific calculations more efficiently. Since the calculations themselves are quite complex, I would need to be able to program in a relatively high-level language. I've seen that designing SoC in Python is possible, for example with Litex (https://github.com/enjoy-digital/litex) or Amaranth (https://github.com/amaranth-lang/). I don't want to spend hundreds of hours learning about FPGAs, but I'm prepared to take on a challenge.
What are some alternatives?
VexRiscv - A FPGA friendly 32 bit RISC-V CPU implementation
nmigen-tutorial - A tutorial for using nmigen
opentitan - OpenTitan: Open source silicon root of trust
SpinalHDL - Scala based HDL
tomverbeure
fusesoc - Package manager and build abstraction tool for FPGA/ASIC development
riscv-isa-manual - RISC-V Instruction Set Manual
SaxonSoc - SoC based on VexRiscv and ICE40 UP5K
neorv32 - :rocket: A tiny, customizable and extensible MCU-class 32-bit RISC-V soft-core CPU and microcontroller-like SoC written in platform-independent VHDL.
openwifi - open-source IEEE 802.11 WiFi baseband FPGA (chip) design: driver, software
lowrisc-chip - The root repo for lowRISC project and FPGA demos.
verilog-ethernet - Verilog Ethernet components for FPGA implementation