Minimax: a Compressed-First, Microcoded RISC-V CPU

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  • minimax

    Minimax: a Compressed-First, Microcoded RISC-V CPU

  • learn-fpga

    Learning FPGA, yosys, nextpnr, and RISC-V

  • In short: it works, though the implementation lacks the crystal clarity of FemtoRV32 and PicoRV32. The core is larger than SERV but has higher IPC and (very arguably) a more conventional implementation. The compressed instruction set is easier to expand into regular RV32I instructions than it is to execute directly.

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  • picorv32

    PicoRV32 - A Size-Optimized RISC-V CPU

  • In short: it works, though the implementation lacks the crystal clarity of FemtoRV32 and PicoRV32. The core is larger than SERV but has higher IPC and (very arguably) a more conventional implementation. The compressed instruction set is easier to expand into regular RV32I instructions than it is to execute directly.

  • serv

    SERV - The SErial RISC-V CPU

  • In short: it works, though the implementation lacks the crystal clarity of FemtoRV32 and PicoRV32. The core is larger than SERV but has higher IPC and (very arguably) a more conventional implementation. The compressed instruction set is easier to expand into regular RV32I instructions than it is to execute directly.

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