CS597a - Project Report

Johnson Wu

What I've done

Cache module (phase I)

Defined phase I cache interface (with Ruoming)

Implemented all phase I cache functions (with Ruoming)

Created cache_opers.h and script files to run and test phase I cache module in new PARM frameworks (with Ruoming)

Updated the phase I cache module for new RT_Lcode structures.

Verification

• Studied IMPACT Lsim as a simulation tool (with Murat)
• Verified phase I cache module using results from Lsim (with Murat)
• Done homework on debugging emulator --- found three benchmarks which were not working and debugged them. The three benchmarks are Adpcmdec, Adpcmenc and Example_bench.

Cache module (phase II)

• Studied the ifetch unit and the phase II simulator framework
• Defined communication ports and events for cache module. Also implemented a phase() function without delays to test the communication ports and events with an ifetch_icache unit.
• Tested the cache module with both ports and delays and searched for ways to speed up the simulation (with Ruoming).
• Prepared the documentation for cache module (with Ruoming).

What I'm working on