3.3.6.1.1. Machine Status Register (mstatus)
3.3.6.1.2. Machine Trap-Vector Base-Address Register (mtvec)
3.3.6.1.3. Machine Interrupt Register (mip and mie)
3.3.6.1.4. Machine Exception Program Counter Register (mepc)
3.3.6.1.5. Machine Cause Register (mcause)
3.3.6.1.6. Machine Trap Value Register (mtval)
4.3.1. General-Purpose Register File
4.3.2. Shadow Register
4.3.3. Arithmetic Logic Unit
4.3.4. Multipy and Divide Units
4.3.5. Floating-Point Unit
4.3.6. Custom Instruction
4.3.7. Instruction Cycles
4.3.8. Reset and Debug Signals
4.3.9. Control and Status Registers
4.3.10. Trap Controller (CLINT)
4.3.11. Trap Controller (CLIC)
4.3.12. Memory and I/O Organization
4.3.13. RISC-V based Debug Module
4.3.14. Error Correction Code (ECC)
4.3.15. Branch Prediction
4.3.16. Lockstep Module
4.3.10.1.1. Machine Status Register (mstatus)
4.3.10.1.2. Machine Trap-Vector Base-Address Register (mtvec)
4.3.10.1.3. Machine Interrupt Register (mip and mie)
4.3.10.1.4. Machine Exception Program Counter Register (mepc)
4.3.10.1.5. Machine Cause Register (mcause)
4.3.10.1.6. Machine Trap Value Register (mtval)
4.3.10.1.7. Machine Second Trap Value Register (mtval2)
4.3.11.1.3.1. Machine Trap-handler Vector Table base address Register (mtvt)
4.3.11.1.3.2. Machine Next Interrupt Handler Address and Interrupt Enable Register (mnxti)
4.3.11.1.3.3. Machine Interrupt Status Register (mintstatus)
4.3.11.1.3.4. Machine Interrupt-Level Threshold Register (mintthresh)
4.3.11.1.3.5. Machine Scratch Swap for Interrupt-Level Register (mscratchcswl)
3.2.2. Non-pipelined Architecture
The Nios® V/m processor supports a non-pipelined datapath.
Stage | Denotation | Function |
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F | Instruction fetch | Pre-decode for register file read |
D | Instruction decode |
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E | Instruction execute |
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M | Memory |
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The Nios® V/m processor implements the general-purpose register file using the M20K memory blocks. The processor takes one clock cycle to read from an M20K location. Therefore, the F-stage initiates register file reads so general-purpose register values are available in D-stage.
One instruction is available in the processor datapath at any time. Instructions flow from F-stage to M-stages without any stalls. Instruction and associated control logic are registered during D-stage, E-stage, and M-stage.
The processor requests the next instruction during the M-stage.
- For single cycle instructions, the processor makes the request as soon as the single cycle instruction enters M-stage.
- For multicycle instructions, the processor makes the request as soon as the multicycle instruction completes.