A ”New Ara” for Vector Computing: An Open Source Highly Efficient RISC-V V 1.0 Vector Processor Design

10/17/2022
by   Matteo Perotti, et al.
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Vector architectures are gaining traction for highly efficient processing of data-parallel workloads, driven by all major ISAs (RISC-V, Arm, Intel), and boosted by landmark chips, like the Arm SVE-based Fujitsu A64FX, powering the TOP500 leader Fugaku. The RISC-V V extension has recently reached 1.0-Frozen status. Here, we present its first open-source implementation, discuss the new specification's impact on the micro-architecture of a lane-based design, and provide insights on performance-oriented design of coupled scalar-vector processors. Our system achieves comparable/better PPA than state-of-the-art vector engines that implement older RVV versions: 15 throughput, and FPU utilization >98.5

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