W05.4.2 Case Study on Combining Open-Source Tool Flows for Grids of Processing Cells
Author
Lars Luchterhandt, Heinz Nixdorf Institute, Paderborn University, Paderborn, Germany
Massively parallel computer architectures based on identical microprocessor tiles are well known for their high scalability and performance. In this work, we introduce an opensource tool flow for scalable on-chip grids of RISC-V processor cells that seamlessly combines high-level SystemC modeling with the generation and simulation of hardware models at RTL down to FPGA implementation featuring the Chipyard framework. Our experimental evaluation quantifies the speed-accuracy trade-offs at different abstraction levels and compares them with their physical implementation on an FPGA.