Ce

== Compute Engine Design Specifications ==

The COMPUTE ENGINE of SCOORE is responsible for all the calculations of the processor. SCOORE is a clustered architecture, we have FOUR main units which comprise the COMPUTE ENGINE.

1. AUNIT is responsible for all the "simple arithmetic operations" of the CPU.(Single Port)
2. BUNIT is responsible for branch operations. (Dual Port)
3. CUNIT handles all floating point operations. (Single Port)
4. MUNIT handles all Load and Store operations. (Dual Port)

A more detailed description of each individual block is given below.

Overall Interface for INPUT to Compute Engine & OUTPUT from Compute Engine

SELECT SELECT

COMPUTE ENGINE AUNIT BUNIT CUNIT MUNIT

RAT/ROB - SELECT RAT/ROB - SELECT

Individual Unit Descriptions

Each of the four clusters in the CE holds 128 registers in its Register File. There are a total of 512 registers. A 9-bit binary number is assigned to each register. Since there are only 512 registers, the highest 2-bits are indicative of the CE cluster/unit to which they belong.

Register Numbers and Corresponding Units

Register Number	Highest 2 bits	Compute Engine (CE)
0 - 127	00	A Unit RF
128 - 255	01	B Unit RF
256 - 383	10	C Unit RF
384 - 511	11	M Unit RF

AUNIT

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aunit_stage1 -Local/Ext/Imm Src Sel. Logic -Reset/Busy Logic	aunit_stage2 -Reservation Station Logic -Forwarding Logic -Update Logic	salu -Execution Stage	write_back Reg. File

BUNIT

bunit_stage1 -Local/Ext/Imm Src Sel. Logic -Reset/Busy Logic	bunit_stage2 -Reservation Station Logic -Forwarding Logic -Update Logic	balu/salu -Execution Stage	write_back Reg. File

CUNIT

cunit_stage1 -Local/Ext/Imm Src Sel. Logic -Reset/Busy Logic	cunit_stage2 -Reservation Station Logic -Forwarding Logic -Update Logic	FPU -Execution Stage	write_back Reg. File

MUNIT

munit_stage1 -Local/Ext/Imm Src Sel. Logic -Reset/Busy Logic	munit_stage2 -Reservation Station Logic -Forwarding Logic -Update Logic	CACHE -Execution Stage	write_back Reg. File

--Rigo Dicochea 09:47, 30 March 2009 (PDT)