cMIPS cMIPS is a synthesizable VHDL model for the 5-stage pipeline, MIPS32r2 core. The VHDL model mimics the pipeline design described in Patterson & Hennessy's book (Computer Organisation and Design) and is a complete implementation of the MIPS32r2 instruction set. The model was synthesized for an Altera EP4CE30F23. The model runs at 50 MHz (top board speed) and uses up 15% of the combinational blocks and 5% of the logic registers on the FPGA. Processor model runs C code, compiled with GCC; there are scripts to compile and assemble code to run on the simulator or the FPGA. Core has all forwarding paths and full interlocks for data and control hazards. Coprocessor0 supports six hardware interrupts + NMI in "Interrupt Compatibility Mode" and an 8-way fully associative TLB. The control instructions break, syscall, trap, mfc0, mtc0, eret, ei, di, ll, sc are fully implemented. Partial-word loads and stores (word, half-word, byte) implemented at the processor's memory interface. Testbench for tests includes processor, RAM, ROM and (simulator) file I/O. Top level file for synthesis includes processor, RAM, ROM, LCD display controller, 2x7segment LED display, keypad and UART. SDRAM controller, VGA interface and Ethernet port are in the works.
Forked from
Roberto Hexsel / cMIPS
114 commits behind the upstream repository.

Roberto Hexsel
authored