Intro: The Klessydra VCU is a highly parallel vector coprocessor that can be integrated with The following klessydra cores (T13, T2M, S1, OoO).
The Coprocessor is a highly parametrizable accelerator, with up to 256-bit SIMD+MIMD execution capabilities. It comprises the Multipurpose Functional Unit, and the Scratchpad Memory Interface. The custom instruction set supported are listed in the Technincal manuals in the Docs folder. In addition to SIMD execution, the coprocessor supports subword-SIMD to further accelerate 8-bit and 16-bit integer data types.
The coprocessor features a parametrizable set of Scratchpad memories 'SPMs' (parametrizable being their size and number, and their bank numbers will automatically expand to match the SIMD configuration).
The coprocessor can be configured to run in three different modes:
- Shared Coprocessor: Where the coprocessor is shared by all the harts (SIMD Coprocessor).
- Fully Symmetrical Coprocessor: Where each hart has its dedicated MFU and SPMI. (SIMD+MIMD Coprocessor ver.1).
- Heterogeneous coprocessor: Where the harts share the functional units in the MFU, but each hart maintains it own dedicated SPMI (SIMD+MIMD coprocessor ver.2).
Parameters:
- N = Number of SPMs in the SPMI.
- M = Number of SPMIs, as well as control logic for every hart.
- D = Number of Functional Units per MFU, and banks per SPM (i.e. determines the SIMD width).
- F = Number of Functional Units per hart (i.e. determines the MIMD width).
