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Common Cells Repository

Maintainer: Nils Wistoff nwistoff@iis.ee.ethz.ch

This repository contains commonly used cells and headers for use in various projects.

Cell Contents

This repository currently contains the following cells, ordered by categories. Please note that cells with status deprecated are not to be used for new designs and only serve to provide compatibility with old code.

Clocks and Resets

Name	Description	Status	Superseded By
clk_int_div	Arbitrary integer clock divier with config interface and 50% output clock duty cycle	active
clk_div	Clock divider with integer divisor	deprecated	clk_int_div
clock_divider	Clock divider with configuration registers	deprecated	clk_int_div
clock_divider_counter	Clock divider using a counter	deprecated	clk_int_div
rstgen	Reset synchronizer	active
rstgen_bypass	Reset synchronizer with dedicated test reset bypass	active

Clock Domains and Asynchronous Crossings

Name	Description	Status	Superseded By
cdc_4phase	Clock domain crossing using 4-phase handshake, with ready/valid interface	active
cdc_2phase	Clock domain crossing using two-phase handshake, with ready/valid interface	active
cdc_2phase_clearable	Identical to cdc_2phase but supports one-sided async/sync resetting of either src or dst	active
cdc_fifo_2phase	Clock domain crossing FIFO using two-phase handshake, with ready/valid interface	active
cdc_fifo_gray	Clock domain crossing FIFO using a gray-counter, with ready/valid interface	active
cdc_fifo_gray_clearable	Identical to cdc_fifo_gray but supports one-sided async/sync resetting of either src or dst	active
cdc_reset_ctrlr	Lock-step reset sequencer accross clock domains (internally used by clearable CDCs)	active
edge_detect	Rising/falling edge detector	active
edge_propagator	Propagates a single-cycle pulse across an asynchronous clock domain crossing	active
edge_propagator_ack	edge_propagator with sender-synchronous acknowledge pin (flags received pulse)	active
edge_propagator_rx	Receive slice of edge_propagator, requires only the receiver clock	active
edge_propagator_tx	Transmit slice of edge_propagator, requires only the sender clock	active
isochronous_spill_register	Isochronous clock domain crossing and full handshake (like spill_register)	active
isochronous_4phase_handshake	Isochronous four-phase handshake.	active
pulp_sync	Serial line synchronizer	deprecated	sync
pulp_sync_wedge	Serial line synchronizer with edge detector	deprecated	sync_wedge
serial_deglitch	Serial line deglitcher	active
sync	Serial line synchronizer	active
sync_wedge	Serial line synchronizer with edge detector	active

Counters and Shift Registers

Name	Description	Status	Superseded By
counter	Generic up/down counter with overflow detection	active
delta_counter	Up/down counter with variable delta and overflow detection	active
generic_LFSR_8bit	8-bit linear feedback shift register (LFSR)	deprecated	lfsr_8bit
lfsr_8bit	8-bit linear feedback shift register (LFSR)	active
lfsr_16bit	16-bit linear feedback shift register (LFSR)	active
lfsr	4...64-bit parametric Galois LFSR with optional whitening feature	active
max_counter	Up/down counter with variable delta that tracks its maximum value	active
mv_filter	ZARUBAF ADD DESCRIPTION	active

Data Path Elements

Name	Description	Status	Superseded By
addr_decode	Address map decoder	active
ecc_decode	SECDED Decoder (Single Error Correction, Double Error Detection)	active
ecc_encode	SECDED Encoder (Single Error Correction, Double Error Detection)	active
binary_to_gray	Binary to gray code converter	active
find_first_one	Leading-one finder / leading-zero counter	deprecated	lzc
gray_to_binary	Gray code to binary converter	active
lzc	Leading/trailing-zero counter	active
onehot_to_bin	One-hot to binary converter	active
shift_reg	Shift register for arbitrary types	active
rr_arb_tree	Round-robin arbiter for req/gnt and vld/rdy interfaces with optional priority	active
rrarbiter	Round-robin arbiter for req/ack interface with look-ahead	deprecated	rr_arb_tree
prioarbiter	Priority arbiter arbiter for req/ack interface with look-ahead	deprecated	rr_arb_tree
fall_through_register	Fall-through register with ready/valid interface	active
spill_register_flushable	Register with ready/valid interface to cut all combinational interface paths and additional flush signal.	active
spill_register	Register with ready/valid interface to cut all combinational interface paths	active
stream_arbiter	Round-robin arbiter for ready/valid stream interface	active
stream_arbiter_flushable	Round-robin arbiter for ready/valid stream interface and flush functionality	active
stream_demux	Ready/valid interface demultiplexer	active
stream_join	Ready/valid handshake join multiple to one common	active
stream_mux	Ready/valid interface multiplexer	active
stream_register	Register with ready/valid interface	active
stream_fork	Ready/valid fork	active
stream_fork_dynamic	Ready/valid fork, with selection mask for partial forking	active
stream_filter	Ready/valid filter	active
stream_delay	Randomize or delay ready/valid interface	active
stream_to_mem	Use memories without flow control for output data in streams.	active
stream_xbar	Fully connected crossbar with ready/valid interface.	active
stream_omega_net	One-way stream omega-net with ready/valid interface. Isomorphic to a butterfly.	active
sub_per_hash	Substitution-permutation hash function	active
popcount	Combinatorial popcount (hamming weight)	active

Data Structures

Name	Description	Status	Superseded By
cb_filter	Counting-Bloom-Filter with combinational lookup	active
fifo	FIFO register with upper threshold	deprecated	fifo_v3
fifo_v2	FIFO register with upper and lower threshold	deprecated	fifo_v3
fifo_v3	FIFO register with generic fill counts	active
stream_fifo	FIFO register with ready/valid interface	active
generic_fifo	FIFO register without thresholds	deprecated	fifo_v3
generic_fifo_adv	FIFO register without thresholds	deprecated	fifo_v3
sram	SRAM behavioral model	active
plru_tree	Pseudo least recently used tree	active
unread	Empty module to sink unconnected outputs into	active

Header Contents

This repository currently contains the following header files.

RTL Register Macros

The header file registers.svh contains macros that expand to descriptions of registers. To avoid misuse of always_ff blocks, only the following macros shall be used to describe sequential behavior. The use of linter rules that flag explicit uses of always_ff in source code is encouraged.

Macro	Arguments	Description
`FF	q_sig, d_sig, rst_val, (clk_sig, arstn_sig)	Flip-flop with asynchronous active-low reset
`FFAR	q_sig, d_sig, rst_val, clk_sig, arst_sig	Flip-flop with asynchronous active-high reset
`FFARN	q_sig, d_sig, rst_val, clk_sig, arstn_sig	deprecated Flip-flop with asynchronous active-low reset
`FFSR	q_sig, d_sig, rst_val, clk_sig, rst_sig	Flip-flop with synchronous active-high reset
`FFSRN	q_sig, d_sig, rst_val, clk_sig, rstn_sig	Flip-flop with synchronous active-low reset
`FFNR	q_sig, d_sig, clk_sig	Flip-flop without reset
`FFL	q_sig, d_sig, load_ena, rst_val, (clk_sig, arstn_sig)	Flip-flop with load-enable and asynchronous active-low reset
`FFLAR	q_sig, d_sig, load_ena, rst_val, clk_sig, arst_sig	Flip-flop with load-enable and asynchronous active-high reset
`FFLARN	q_sig, d_sig, load_ena, rst_val, clk_sig, arstn_sig	deprecated Flip-flop with load-enable and asynchronous active-low reset
`FFLSR	q_sig, d_sig, load_ena, rst_val, clk_sig, rst_sig	Flip-flop with load-enable and synchronous active-high reset
`FFLSRN	q_sig, d_sig, load_ena, rst_val, clk_sig, rstn_sig	Flip-flop with load-enable and synchronous active-low reset
`FFLNR	q_sig, d_sig, load_ena, clk_sig	Flip-flop with load-enable without reset

• The name of the clock and reset signals for implicit variants is clk_i and rst_ni, respectively.
• Argument suffix _sig indicates signal names for present and next state as well as clocks and resets.
• Argument rst_val specifies the value literal to be assigned upon reset.
• Argument load_ena specifies the boolean expression that forms the load enable of the register.

SystemVerilog Assertion Macros

The header file assertions.svh contains macros that expand to assertion blocks. These macros should recduce the effort in writing many assertions and make it easier to use them. They are identical with the macros used by lowrisc and just re-implemented here for the sake of easier use in PULP projects (the same include guard is used so they should not clash).

Simple Assertion and Cover Macros

Macro	Arguments	Description
`ASSERT_I	__name, __prop	Immediate assertion
`ASSERT_INIT	__name, __prop	Assertion in initial block. Can be used for things like parameter checking
`ASSERT_FINAL	__name, __prop	Assertion in final block
`ASSERT	__name, __prop, (__clk, __rst)	Assert a concurrent property directly
`ASSERT_NEVER	__name, __prop, (__clk, __rst)	Assert a concurrent property NEVER happens
`ASSERT_KNOWN	__name, __sig, (__clk, __rst)	Concurrent clocked assertion with custom error message
`COVER	__name, __prop, (__clk, __rst)	Cover a concurrent property

• The name of the clock and reset signals for implicit variants is clk_i and rst_ni, respectively.

Complex Assertion Macros

Macro	Arguments	Description
`ASSERT_PULSE	__name, __sig, (__clk, __rst)	Assert that signal is an active-high pulse with pulse length of 1 clock cycle
`ASSERT_IF	__name, __prop, __enable, (__clk, __rst)	Assert that a property is true only when an enable signal is set
`ASSERT_KNOWN_IF	__name, __sig, __enable, (__clk, __rst)	Assert that signal has a known value (each bit is either '0' or '1') after reset if enable is set

• The name of the clock and reset signals for implicit variants is clk_i and rst_ni, respectively.

Assumption Macros

Macro	Arguments	Description
`ASSUME	__name, __prop, (__clk, __rst)	Assume a concurrent property
`ASSUME_I	__name, __prop	Assume an immediate property

• The name of the clock and reset signals for implicit variants is clk_i and rst_ni, respectively.

Formal Verification Macros

Macro	Arguments	Description
`ASSUME_FPV	__name, __prop, (__clk, __rst)	Assume a concurrent property during formal verification only
`ASSUME_I_FPV	__name, __prop	Assume a concurrent property during formal verification only
`COVER_FPV	__name, __prop, (__clk, __rst)	Cover a concurrent property during formal verification

• The name of the clock and reset signals for implicit variants is clk_i and rst_ni, respectively.