MIPS789 Soft Processor Core with 5 Pipeline Stages

This is a soft processor core written in verilog-2001 with five pipeline stages which supports almost MIPSI instructions. MIPS789 supports gcc-elf-mips tools provided by Steve Rhords, author of plasma.In fact, this core is designed based on this complier. I’ve tested it by using a lot of C programs in a CYCLONE device EP1C6Q240 at 50MHZ frequence and it worked so well. By calculation, its CPI (cycle per instruction) is about 1.1 when run common programs.

Features

- Five stage
- IF&ID: instructions fetch /decode.
- RF: register fetch /generate next pc (branch included).
- EXEC: execute instruction.
- DMEM: read/write data from/to data memory or device.
- WB: result write back to register bank.

- supporting interrupt by using a special way.
- dynamic IRQ address, which means you can redefine the IRQ address by point of C programs.
- using “MFC0 $RX,$RX” to save the Saved PC to register $RX.
- using “MTC0 $ZERO,$ZERO”to return from an interrupt.

- WELL TESTED
- Tested running all instructions that are implemented generated by assembler.
- Tested and running correctly at 50MHz in cyclone device EP1C6Q240 -8.
- Tested running large blocks of compiled C code.

- ATTIONS
- Only support big endian.
- DO NOT SUPPORT normal COP0 currently.
- SWL, SWR, LWL and LWR are not implemented.
 

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FILE: topview.GIF
DESCRIPTION: structure of MIPS789

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FILE: pi_2200.GIF
DESCRIPTION: Calculating PI with 2200 digitals (about 5second @50MHZ)