Ecosystem Microcontroller
The Ecosystem microcontroller is a PULPissimo-based microcontroller featuring the following Scale4Edge ecosystem IPs:
- A RISC-V TGC processor core
- The AI hardware accelerator UltraTrail
- A phase-locked loop (PLL)
Due to the high configurability of the individual components, the platform can be quickly and easily adapted to specific applications. A specialized ecosystem microcontroller was taped-out in 22nm FDSOI technology as a demonstrator for an audio event detection use-case provided by the project partner Bosch.
Hardware Architectures and EDA Tools for Creating and Integrating RISC-V ISA Extensions (ISAX Tools)
Instruction Set Architecture eXtensions (here abbreviated as ISAX), sometimes also known as Custom Instructions, are one of the key means to specialize a processor for a specific application domain. They enable, e.g., higher performance or better energy efficiency than realizing the applications using just the generic, general-purpose instruction set.
In Scale4Edge, TUDA works on three key technologies aiming to ease the development and deployment of ISAX:
SCAIE-V and CoreDSL have been open-sourced under a permissive license. Longnail remains proprietary to enable commercial exploitation after the end of Scale4Edge Phase 2.
Extensible Compiler (X-LLVM, Seal5)
The Extensible Compiler provides an LLVM-based toolchain to develop C/C++/Assembly programs for RISC-V. It is designed to easily accommodate custom extensions to the RISC-V ISA by supporting the Scale4Edge developed CoreDSL for describing ISA extensions.
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aiT and StackAnalyzer for RISC-V
aiT automatically computes safe bounds for the worst-case execution time of tasks in binary executables, taking into account the cache and pipeline behavior of the processor in question.
StackAnalyzer automatically determines the worst-case stack usage of the tasks in embedded applications. It directly analyzes binary executables and considers all possible execution scenarios.
This distribution of aiT and StackAnalyzer can be used for evaluation and research within the Scale4Edge project, but not for commercial purposes (see also the license information in the installation packages). Evaluation licenses and commercial licenses can be obtained from AbsInt.
TGC-VP
Based on years of experience developing and integrating SystemC based virtual platforms in the industry, MINRES has created DBT-RISE (Dynamic Binary Translation Re-targetable Instruction Set Simulator), a versatile environment to rapidly implement ISS of any architecture. DBT-RISE serves as basis for the implementation of the TGC (The Good Core) ISS (TGC-VP).
TGC-VP provides the following features:
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TGC Cores
The Good Folk Series is a highly flexible, scalable and configurable RISC-V based core family developed by MINRES. The standard cores can easily be tailored to specific application requirements using CoreDSL.
It is technology independent, ensures integrity and targets low power edge computing applications. The comprehensive SDK and concise documentation makes it accessible to small and medium companies.
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