X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=openpower.mdwn;h=da186f35b69cb6ad4c6d427ea795e555f6f0888e;hb=d1c4c5d08320411b1c613e3160d4bcb4906d6224;hp=4506c9653e12c9b4bbead3681161f9cc7172425d;hpb=1e6f95fa594569e8cbfcb2f620f3a2cdf787bf52;p=libreriscv.git diff --git a/openpower.mdwn b/openpower.mdwn index 4506c9653..da186f35b 100644 --- a/openpower.mdwn +++ b/openpower.mdwn @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ # OpenPOWER In the late 1980s [[!wikipedia IBM]] developed a POWER family of processors. -This evolved to a specification known as the OpenPOWER ISA. In 2019 IBM made the OpenPOWER ISA [[!wikipedia Open_source]], to be looked after by the existing [[!wikipedia OpenPOWER_Foundation]]. Here is a longer history of [[!wikipedia IBM_POWER_microprocessors]]. These IBM proprietary processors -happen to implement what is now known as the OpenPOWER ISA. The names +This evolved to a specification known as the POWER ISA. In 2019 IBM made the POWER ISA [[!wikipedia Open_source]], to be looked after by the existing [[!wikipedia OpenPOWER_Foundation]]. Here is a longer history of [[!wikipedia IBM_POWER_microprocessors]]. These IBM proprietary processors +happen to implement what is now known as the POWER ISA. The names POWER8, POWER9, POWER10 etc. are product designations equivalent to Intel -i5, i7, i9 etc. and are frequently conflated with versions of the OpenPOWER ISA (v2.08, v3.0, v3.1). +i5, i7, i9 etc. and are frequently conflated with versions of the POWER ISA (v2.07, v3.0c, v3.1b). -Libre-SOC is basing its [[Simple-V Vectorisation|sv]] CPU extensions on OpenPOWER because it wants to be able to specify a machine that can be completely trusted, and because OpenPOWER, thanks to IBM's involvement, +Libre-SOC is basing its [[Simple-V Vectorisation|sv]] CPU extensions on POWER ISA, because it wants to be able to specify a machine that can be completely trusted, and because POWER, thanks to IBM's involvement, is designed for high performance. See wikipedia page @@ -23,12 +23,15 @@ EULA released! looks good. # Links * OpenPOWER Membership - + * OpenPower HDL Mailing list * [[openpower/isatables]] +* [[openpower/whitepapers]] * [[openpower/isa]] - pseudo-code extracted from POWER V3.0B PDF spec * [[openpower/gem5]] * [[openpower/sv]] +* [[openpower/prefix_codes]] Decode/encode prefix-codes, used by JPEG, DEFLATE, etc. +* [[openpower/opcode_regs_deduped]] * [[openpower/simd_vsx]] * [[openpower/ISA_WG]] - OpenPOWER ISA Working Group * [[openpower/pearpc]] @@ -78,14 +81,6 @@ Thus it is completely unnecessary to add any vector opcodes - at all - saving hugely on both hardware and compiler development time when the concept is dropped on top of a pre-existing ISA. -## Condition Registers - -Branch Facility (Section 2.3.1 V2.07B and V3.0B) has 4-bit registers: CR0 and CR1. When SimpleV is active, it may be better to set CR6 (the Vector CR field) instead. - -## Carry - -SimpleV extends (wraps) *scalar* opcodes with a hardware-level for-loop. Therefore, each scalar operation with a carry-in and carry-out will **require its own carry in and out bit**. Most sensible location to use is the CRs - # Integer Overflow / Saturate Typically used on vector operations (audio DSP), it makes no sense to have separate opcodes (Opcode 4 SPE). To be done instead as CSRs / vector-flags on *standard* arithmetic operations.