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4.4 KiB
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79 lines
4.4 KiB
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# OpenExSys_NoC
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OpenExSys_NoC a mesh-based network on chip IP.
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## Getting Started
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### Simulation
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Currently, OpenExSys_NoC uses vcs to do simulation.
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```sh
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# set environment varibales
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source env/sourceme
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# go to the tb folder
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cd tb
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# Compile the sources, with a mesh configuration
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make mesh
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# Run the simulation
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make run
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```
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### Architecture
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Please refer to [Architecture](./doc/noc_spec.md)
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### Router Interface Signals
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Please refer to [Interface](./doc/noc_intf.md).
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### Tester
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The NoC tester is a unit test environment for this IP. It consists of following components:
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**Test Generator**, which generates test packages according to the specified test policy and sends
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them to the sender. We have implemented several commonly used synthetic traffic patterns for users
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to choose from.
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| Name | Pattern |
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| Uniform Random | Generates a random destination ID from the available destinations. |
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| Diagonal | Packets move diagonally across the network from one corner to the opposite corner. |
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| Bit Complement | Computes the destination node as the complement of the source node's position in the mesh network. |
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| Bit Reverse | Computes the destination node as the bit-reversed index of the source node in the mesh network. |
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| Bit Rotation | Computes the destination node by rotating the source node's ID by one bit |
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| Neighbor | Packets are sent from a node to its neighbor node in a fixed order. |
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| Shuffle | The network is divided into several smaller subnetworks, and packets are shuffled within each subnetwork before being sent to the destination. |
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| Transpose | Packets move between nodes on the same row and column, forming a transpose-like pattern. |
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| Tornado | Packets move in a pattern that resembles a tornado, starting from one corner of the network and moving towards the opposite corner. |
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**Sender**, which then injects packages generated by test generator into the design under test (DUT)
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for processing.
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**Routing Monitor**, which checkes the routing path when each middle router receives
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the package. In case of a mismatch between the expected and the actual
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routing path, the routing monitor invokes the wrong routing path error. This component
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helps in ensuring that the routing path of the test packages is correct, and the packets are
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flowing through the correct path.
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**Receiver**, which extracts the packages out of the DUT and refers to the
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scoreboard for target node ID checking. The scoreboard, as the name suggests, is
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responsible for keeping a score of the packets and their state at various stages of the
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verification process. It performs several functions such as adding a new entry when a
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sender injects a package into the DUT, removing an old entry when the receiver extracts
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a package out of the DUT, and checking the entry when the receiver receives a package
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from the DUT.
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**Scoreboard**, which indexes the entry by source node ID and transaction ID and checks
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the target node ID against the receiver's node ID. If there is a mismatch, it invokes the
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wrong target error. Additionally, the scoreboard invokes an inflight package timeout
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error when one of the inflight entries' wait time reaches the timeout line. It is
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responsible for ensuring the correctness of the target node ID and maintaining the state
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of the packages throughout the verification process.
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The scoreboard entry can record the routing path when added, and the routing path
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check is performed when each middle routers receive a package. In case of a mismatch,
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the routing monitor invokes the wrong routing path error. This component ensures that
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the routing path of the packets is maintained throughout the verification process.
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