feat: extended hpdc cache subsystem
Created by: takeshiho0531
WHAT
- gsoc 2024 project: Transforming the OpenHW High Performance Data Cache into a High Performance Instruction Cache
- extend hpdcache (high performance data cache) so that it can also serve as an instruction cache
- cf. https://github.com/openhwgroup/cv-hpdcache/pull/16
detail
-
axi arbiter
for extended hpdc
HOW to extend hpdcache
- High Performance Instruction Cache:
- instruction cache with 3-stage pipeline, Replay Table and MSHR
- based on the original hpdcache code, remove the module for the write buffer part and the signals that control it, plus the module for the uncacheable write part and the signals that control it
- the depth of Replay Table and MSHR will be decided through performance evaluation (reason: The utilization of the instruction cache is dependent on the capability of instruction fetch.)
- replace current cva6_icache in
cva6_hpdcache_subsystem.sv
by High Performance Instruction Cache- arrange cva6_hpdcache_subsystem_axi_arbiter so that the interface will be appropriate