hardware/chisel/src/main/scala/core/Core.scala

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package vta.core

import chisel3._
import vta.util.config._
import vta.shell._

/** Core parameters */
case class CoreParams(
    batch: Int = 1,
    blockOut: Int = 16,
    blockIn: Int = 16,
    inpBits: Int = 8,
    wgtBits: Int = 8,
    uopBits: Int = 32,
    accBits: Int = 32,
    outBits: Int = 8,
    uopMemDepth: Int = 512,
    inpMemDepth: Int = 512,
    wgtMemDepth: Int = 512,
    accMemDepth: Int = 512,
    outMemDepth: Int = 512,
    instQueueEntries: Int = 32
) {
  require(uopBits % 8 == 0,
    s"\n\n[VTA] [CoreParams] uopBits must be byte aligned\n\n")
}

case object CoreKey extends Field[CoreParams]

/** Core.
 *
 * The core defines the current VTA architecture by connecting memory and
 * compute modules together such as load/store and compute. Most of the
 * connections in the core are bulk (<>), and we should try to keep it this
 * way, because it is easier to understand what is going on.
 *
 * Also, the core must be instantiated by a shell using the
 * VTA Control Register (VCR) and the VTA Memory Engine (VME) interfaces.
 * More info about these interfaces and modules can be found in the shell
 * directory.
 */
class Core(implicit p: Parameters) extends Module {
  val io = IO(new Bundle {
    val vcr = new VCRClient
    val vme = new VMEMaster
  })
  val fetch = Module(new Fetch)
  val load = Module(new Load)
  val compute = Module(new Compute)
  val store = Module(new Store)
  val ecounters = Module(new EventCounters)

  // Read(rd) and write(wr) from/to memory (i.e. DRAM)
  io.vme.rd(0) <> fetch.io.vme_rd
  io.vme.rd(1) <> compute.io.vme_rd(0)
  io.vme.rd(2) <> load.io.vme_rd(0)
  io.vme.rd(3) <> load.io.vme_rd(1)
  io.vme.rd(4) <> compute.io.vme_rd(1)
  io.vme.wr(0) <> store.io.vme_wr

  // Fetch instructions (tasks) from memory (DRAM) into queues (SRAMs)
  fetch.io.launch := io.vcr.launch
  fetch.io.ins_baddr := io.vcr.ptrs(0)
  fetch.io.ins_count := io.vcr.vals(0)

  // Load inputs and weights from memory (DRAM) into scratchpads (SRAMs)
  load.io.i_post := compute.io.o_post(0)
  load.io.inst <> fetch.io.inst.ld
  load.io.inp_baddr := io.vcr.ptrs(2)
  load.io.wgt_baddr := io.vcr.ptrs(3)

  // The compute module performs the following:
  // - Load micro-ops (uops) and accumulations (acc)
  // - Compute dense and ALU instructions (tasks)
  compute.io.i_post(0) := load.io.o_post
  compute.io.i_post(1) := store.io.o_post
  compute.io.inst <> fetch.io.inst.co
  compute.io.uop_baddr := io.vcr.ptrs(1)
  compute.io.acc_baddr := io.vcr.ptrs(4)
  compute.io.inp <> load.io.inp
  compute.io.wgt <> load.io.wgt

  // The store module performs the following:
  // - Writes results from compute into scratchpads (SRAMs)
  // - Store results from scratchpads (SRAMs) to memory (DRAM)
  store.io.i_post := compute.io.o_post(1)
  store.io.inst <> fetch.io.inst.st
  store.io.out_baddr := io.vcr.ptrs(5)
  store.io.out <> compute.io.out

  // Event counters
  ecounters.io.launch := io.vcr.launch
  ecounters.io.finish := compute.io.finish
  io.vcr.ecnt <> ecounters.io.ecnt
  io.vcr.ucnt <> ecounters.io.ucnt
  ecounters.io.acc_wr_event := compute.io.acc_wr_event

  // Finish instruction is executed and asserts the VCR finish flag
  val finish = RegNext(compute.io.finish)
  io.vcr.finish := finish
}