WO2010034167A1 - 一种集成电路的处理器结构 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to the field of integrated circuit design, and in particular to a processor structure or system of an integrated circuit. Background technique
- ASIC Application Specific Integrated
- complex algorithms such as digital media and wireless communication algorithms
- Circuits ie ASICs
- ASICs are faced with long design cycles, high design costs, poor flexibility, and poor scalability, making it difficult to meet the needs of fast time-to-market and ever-increasing functions. Therefore, it is increasingly important to implement complex algorithms based on processors that support storage instruction control.
- the technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a processor structure or system of an integrated circuit, which has configurable, programmable flexibility, simple operation and good algorithm confidentiality.
- the present invention provides a processor structure of an integrated circuit, including at least one processor (abbreviated as AP) that can configure an arithmetic component and at least one configurable storage component processor (referred to as MP A processor configuring the computing component is interconnected with at least one of a processor configurable computing component, a processor configurable storage component, a processor of the configurable storage component and a processor configurable storage component, configurable storage component At least one of the processors is interconnected; the processor of the configurable computing component includes a first algorithm data control component and at least one computing component for performing an arithmetic operation on the input data, the computing component including a logical operation unit and a configuration a register, the first algorithm data control unit executes a configuration instruction, and writes the configuration information to the configuration of the operation component specified in the instruction And the arithmetic component performs a logical operation according to the configuration information in its own configuration register; the processor of the configurable storage component includes a second algorithm data control component and at least one
- the configuration command includes three operation elements, an operation code, a configuration information, and a configuration purpose, where the operation code is a command code that specifies an operation performed by the instruction, and the configuration information is an object of the instruction operation, and the configuration purpose is used. Specifies the configuration register to write configuration information.
- a processor architecture of an integrated circuit comprising a second algorithm data control component and at least one storage component for storing or reading data, the storage component comprising a storage unit and a configuration register, the second algorithm data control unit executes a configuration instruction to write configuration information into a configuration register of a storage unit specified in the instruction, and the storage unit performs data access according to configuration information in its own configuration register .
- a processor structure of an integrated circuit comprising: a first algorithm data control component and at least one arithmetic component for performing an arithmetic operation on the input data, the arithmetic component including logic operation a unit and a configuration register, the first algorithm data control unit executes a configuration instruction, writes the configuration information to a configuration register of an operation unit specified in the instruction, and the operation unit performs a logic operation according to the configuration information in the self configuration register.
- the present invention implements a rapid design of an ASIC by arranging a processor AP of a configurable computing unit and a processor MP of a configurable storage component through cascading of a plurality of APs and/or MP processors.
- the AP and MP cascading of the present invention are relatively simple, configurable, programmable, and do not require complex logic to simplify the hardware structure, but can support complex algorithm functions.
- an arithmetic function or an arithmetic unit
- a storage function or a storage unit
- the configuration instruction of the present invention includes three operation elements of operation code, configuration information, and configuration purpose, and different configuration information sources. Different configurations can achieve different semantics, and the same instructions can complete different configurations. Therefore, the present invention has good algorithm confidentiality.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a hardware module of an ADU in an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a hardware block diagram of a processor of a configurable computing component in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 3 is a hardware block diagram of a processor of a configurable storage component in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.
- Figure 4 is a block diagram showing the structure of an embodiment of the storage unit of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a structural block diagram of direct cascading between multi-core DSPs of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a structural block diagram of indirect cascading between multi-core DSPs of the present invention through a switching switch;
- FIG. 7-10 are several cascaded manners of a processor of a configurable computing component and a processor of a configurable storage component of the present invention
- FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a demand analysis of a specific application algorithm according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- Figure 12 is a cascade diagram according to Figure 11.
- the configurable DSP in the processor architecture or system of the present invention supports the fast implementation of complex algorithms by selecting optimized configurable components.
- the configurable component includes a configurable algorithm data control component (hereinafter referred to as a control component, 38 in FIG. 1, 10 in FIG. 2, 20 in FIG. 3), and a configurable computing component (12 in FIG. 2), Configurable storage components (22 in Figure 3) and configurable data paths (l la, 11 b in Figure 2, 22a, 22b in Figure 3).
- the configurable concept of the present invention not only indicates that a DSP soft core or a hard core is generated through a series of software or hardware, and the functions or numbers of configurable components in different DSP soft cores/hard cores are inconsistent; also indicates that the generated DSP soft core/hard core is generated.
- the configurable components in the actual running process can be configured according to the needs of the actual functions; it can also indicate that the topology of multiple DSP cores is configurable.
- a configurable control unit can be understood as a processor having only a few instructions that does not include an arithmetic unit.
- the configurable control unit ADU includes a load module, an instruction memory. , a data memory, a decoder, and a general purpose register, which may further include a fixed or a meter Modules such as the number.
- Figure 1 shows a specific structure of the configurable control unit ADU38.
- the module 31 is a program counter PC for indicating the address of the currently running program.
- the modules 32 and 33 represent the data memory DMEM and the instruction memory IMEM, respectively.
- a memory can be used to store data and instructions;
- module 34 is a decoding unit that is used to analyze the meaning of the instructions and interpret the behavior of the instructions;
- module 36 is a general register set for storing data or instructions; 37 indicates the loading module.
- the load module 37 loads data from the external port into the data memory DMEM or the instruction memory IMEM, and the counter or counter 35 provides metering or counting processing for the ADU.
- the load module 37 loads the data port, the load module loads the data from the input port to the data memory dmem, and when the load module 37 loads the command file, the load module loads the command from the input port to the instruction memory imm, provided by the PC module.
- the address will be selected from the instruction memory to select the corresponding instruction to operate.
- the configurability of the ADU is mainly reflected in the change of the instruction word length. It is desirable to complete all the configuration (operational components, data paths, etc.) of an instruction, or only the configuration of the arithmetic unit. Take the computing component as an example to illustrate the following:
- the configuration information of the four ALU units is 4n bit
- the word length of the configuration command is 4n+m bit, where m is the operation code of the configuration instruction.
- the number of ALUs required by the DSP is different, so the command word length of the ADU also varies according to the number of ALUs.
- a configurable arithmetic component can include a number of arithmetic units, each of which includes a logical arithmetic unit (ALU) and a configuration register.
- the configurable control unit executes a configuration command to write configuration information to a configuration register of the operational component, and the arithmetic component performs a specified data operation based on configuration information in its own configuration register.
- the configurable storage component includes a storage unit and a configuration register, and the configurable control component executes a configuration instruction to write configuration information to a configuration register of a storage component specified in the instruction, the storage component being configured according to its own configuration register Information for data access.
- the configurable data path is a data path for selecting a data input or output path, including a data input path and an output selection unit, the data input path including a data input change switch and a configuration register, the output selection unit including Data output transfer switch and output port configuration register.
- the configurable control unit also writes configuration information to the configuration register of the data path specified in the instruction according to the configuration instruction.
- the data input path controls the switching of the data input change switch according to the configuration information in its own configuration register
- the output selection unit controls the switching of the data output change switch according to the configuration information in its own configuration register.
- the configurable data path in the present invention has two meanings.
- One is a configurable data path inside the DSP, which is mainly composed of a switch and a configuration register.
- At the input of the data input path there are three input data sources: configurable control unit A temporary storage data in the general-purpose register, data input from the input port, and data output from the output selection unit, the data input path can be based on
- the configuration information in the configuration register is selected among the three data sources.
- the data output path can output data through four paths, namely: output data to the output port, output to the input port of the data input path, general-purpose register stored in the ADU, and data memory.
- the output selection unit can be used in four data according to the configuration information. Make a selection in the output path. Therefore, the configurable performance of the internal data path of the DSP is to write configuration values through the ADU to the configuration registers in the data path, selecting the data input source and the data output destination.
- the second meaning of the configurable data path in the present invention is that the data path between the DSP cores can be configured to specifically represent the data cascade between the multiple cores.
- each DSP core can receive data from at most two DSP cores, and can transmit data to any number of DSP cores.
- Multi-core cascading can use static cascading, that is, two DSP cores are directly connected (as shown in Figure 5), and the inter-core DSP can be interconnected remotely through configurable interconnect switches between DSP cores ( Figure 6). ).
- the configurable performance of the data path between DSP cores is mapped to a multi-core DSP topology ⁇ configurable to the inter-core data path.
- the configurable arithmetic unit, the configurable storage unit, and the configurable data path are configured by the corresponding control unit to execute the configuration command completion configuration function.
- the configuration command includes three operation elements, an operation code, a configuration information, and a configuration purpose, where the operation code is a command code that specifies an operation performed by the instruction, and the configuration information is an object of the instruction operation, and the configuration purpose is used to specify the write. Enter the configuration register for the configuration information.
- the operation code, configuration information, and configuration purpose can be set by the user, and the format and bit width of the configuration instruction are not limited, and the format and the bit width can be adjusted according to actual conditions.
- the configuration information may be the content in the general-purpose register, or may be the content of the immediate data or the contents of the data memory or the register of the input port.
- This instruction writes the data in the general-purpose register reg to the specified configuration register, which directly completes the function of the corresponding arithmetic unit or the path configuration of the data path.
- the general register reg in the above instruction can also be changed to the immediate imm, ie Movesc, if the instruction bit width allows.
- Immediate imm can also represent the address of the data memory.
- the data of the data memory of the corresponding address is used as the configuration information.
- the immediate value can also be a specific operation or value.
- This instruction writes the data in the general-purpose register reg to the specified data register.
- reg in the instruction can be the data input port register of the processor, that is, the value of the data input port register of the processor is written into the specified data register, and the configuration instruction is: Inpu t
- the datareg in the instruction can refer to the data output port register of the processor, that is, the value of the general-purpose register of the processor is written into the specified data output port register.
- the command is: Output reg, port°
- control unit can have the following configuration options:
- Configreg where configreg is used to configure the data path in the switch, that is, select the switch
- Configreg where configreg is used to configure the data path in the switch, that is, select the switch
- a pause instruction for controlling a pause of a processor including two operation elements of an operation code and a pause count information, one of The format is:
- the ADU executes a pause instruction
- the control processor is in a pause state, starts the timer count or counter count, and causes the processor to be in a pause state, so that the data path and/or Or the configuration information of the storage component remains unchanged until the recovery information is received.
- the ADU unit does not execute instructions, and the processing unit that outputs faster data is also in a wait state.
- the various parts of the processor resume normal operation.
- This directive can also be written in the form of rouser reg, where the value in reg replaces imm.
- the pause command can also be in the following format: HLT;
- This instruction is a special form of the rouser instruction, that is, when the ADU executes the instruction, it will suspend the operation of the processor until it is woken up by other signals (such as interrupt signals, etc.).
- the arithmetic unit After processing the data stream, it is assumed that the last operation of the arithmetic unit is an addition operation. After the execution of the pause instruction, the arithmetic unit will maintain the addition function and add the input data until the processor resumes normal operation.
- the arithmetic component is configured with new arithmetic functions.
- the configuration instruction and its hardware implementation can easily change the connection relationship and operation/storage function of the internal arithmetic unit/storage unit, and realize the configurability of the data path and function of the processor. In the case of large-scale data stream processing, especially for arrays of digital signal processing.
- the invention needs to add a calculation function, does not need to modify and increase the instruction, and only needs to define the semantics of the newly added configuration information, which is beneficial to the expansion of the processor function and does not increase the complexity of the hardware design.
- the present invention can complete various complicated arithmetic operations and algorithm mappings by simple configuration instructions. From the perspective of instruction design, the instructions executed by each functional unit are basically the same, but different configuration information can be different. operating. For example, the same movesc instruction configures the functions of different steps according to the configuration registers written; since the ALU can design the arithmetic unit/storage unit according to the hardware designer, even if the configuration information of the configuration ALU instruction is exactly the same, the calculation/ The execution function of the memory unit can also vary depending on the operation/storage unit. Therefore, the instructions in the present invention are cryptographic, and each system design manufacturer can customize the semantics of the configuration information of the operation/storage unit clusters in the array according to actual conditions, thereby obtaining a customized instruction system and effectively protecting the independent intellectual property rights.
- the instructions and hardware structure of the present invention facilitate data stream processing.
- Each processing unit in the array structure can be configured correspondingly by the configuration instruction to implement different computing functions.
- data flows from the input port of the array After performing large-scale digital signal processing, data flows from the input port of the array, and the corresponding operations are completed by each processing unit.
- the algorithm mapping of complex digital signal processing can be completed without the need for each processing unit to execute instructions frequently, only need to complete each computing unit function and data path configuration after initialization, or correspondingly during the work of a few processing units The operation/storage function and modification of the data path.
- the present invention can combine a processor that forms a configurable computing component and a configurable storage component
- the processor has two types of processor structures, and can easily cascade two types of processors through a configurable data path, and has completed fast algorithm implementation.
- This embodiment is a processor with configurable computing components.
- the processor includes at least one configurable control component, a data path for selecting a data input/output source, and a configurable arithmetic component (ALU) for performing an arithmetic operation on the input data, and the ADU is responsible for configuring data of the data path.
- ALU configurable arithmetic component
- the input and / or output path and the operational functions of the ALU that is, for the relevant algorithm application, the ADU performs the path configuration of the data path and the operational function configuration of the ALU by executing configuration instructions.
- Each configurable arithmetic component includes a logical arithmetic unit ALU and a configuration register.
- Module 12 represents a configurable arithmetic unit (referred to as an ALU cluster), and each ALU cluster includes a logical operation unit ALU14 and a configuration register 17a.
- Module 10 in the figure represents an ADU unit in the processor that is responsible for executing a series of instructions in the present invention, which may employ the aforementioned ADU or the structure shown in FIG.
- the ADU unit can execute configuration instructions, write configuration information to the configuration register 17a, and configure the logical operation unit (ALU) 14 to the required logical operation unit.
- the ALU unit can be, but is not limited to, a basic arithmetic module such as an adder, a multiplier, a shifter, and the like.
- the ALU can also include various specialized arithmetic units, such as a butterfly operation unit, a cordic unit, and the like.
- the configurable performance of the ALU unit is based on the ADU configuration instructions for different operations on the operands.
- the data path includes a data input path 11a and an output selection unit 1 ib.
- the data input path 11a includes a data input switch 13a and a configuration register 17c.
- the output selection unit 1 ib includes a data output switch 13b and an output port configuration register 17b. .
- Modules 15 and 16 represent the input and output ports of the processor, respectively, and are responsible for the input and output of data.
- Module 18 represents the data register of the data path and holds the operational data for the ALU cluster.
- the data input path 11a there are three input data sources: data temporarily stored in the general-purpose registers in the configurable control unit ADU, data input from the input port, and data output from the output selection unit, data input
- the path 11a can be selected among three data sources based on the configuration information.
- Output selection unit l ib can output data through three paths, gP: output data to output port, input Output to the input port of the data path Switch and the general-purpose register stored in the ADU, the output selection unit can select among the three data output paths according to the configuration information.
- the configurable control unit ADU executes the configuration command and writes the configuration information to the configuration register specified in the instruction.
- the configuration information can be the contents of a general purpose register or an immediate value.
- the various configuration information of the configuration register is subjected to a simple decoding operation, and the corresponding function module can be selected for calculation. For example, assume that 000 is addition, 001 subtraction. Then, after the instruction writes 000 to the configuration register, a small decoder (or selector) is enabled according to the 000 selection adder, so the two operands a and b entering the logic unit complete the addition.
- the configuration register specified in the instruction can be the configuration register of the data input path, the configuration register of the arithmetic unit ALU, or the configuration register of the output selection unit.
- the processor can perform various arithmetic operations by configuring the following configurable unit, and the configuration instruction is one of the foregoing instructions:
- Configreg where configreg is used to configure the data path in the data input path, that is, select the switch in the data input path to determine the source of the input data;
- [78] Configure and manage the data input and output ports, configure the ALU operation result to be written back to the destination, such as general-purpose registers, data memory in the data input path or output port, etc.
- the corresponding instruction is: movesc reg configreg, where configreg Corresponding to the configuration register selected by the data output switch.
- the configuration information is written to the relevant configuration register, the configuration of the relevant unit is completed, and the configuration information is saved to the configuration register until the next rewrite. After the ALU function and data path are configured, the subsequent data processing can be completed automatically.
- This embodiment is a processor with configurable storage components.
- the processor of the configurable storage component includes a configurable control component (ADU for short), a data path for selecting a data input and/or an output path, and at least one storage component for storing or reading data.
- ADU is responsible for executing configuration instructions , configure the data path of the data path and the access function of the storage unit.
- each storage component includes a storage unit and a configuration register, the configurable control component executing a configuration instruction to write configuration information to a configuration register of a storage component specified in the instruction, the storage component being in accordance with its own configuration register Configuration information for data access.
- the module 20 in the figure represents an ADU unit in the processor, which is responsible for executing a series of instructions in the present invention, which can employ the aforementioned AD U or the structure shown in FIG. 1; the ADU unit 20 executes configuration commands, and the data path
- the access function of the storage unit 22 is configured.
- the data path includes a data input path 21a including a data input change switch 23a and a configuration register 27c, and an output selection unit 21b including a data output change switch 23b and an output port configuration register 27b .
- the ADU unit 20 writes the configuration information into the configuration register of the data path specified in the instruction according to the configuration command, and the data input path 21a controls the switching of the data input changeover switch 23a based on the configuration information in its own configuration register 27c, the output
- the selection unit 21b controls the switching of the data output changeover switch 23b in accordance with the configuration information in its own configuration register 27b.
- the configuration information is used as a control signal to control the switching of the switch.
- the data input path 21a is connected to the general-purpose registers in the input port 25 and the ADU unit 20, and the input source of the data may be a general-purpose register in the ADU unit 20 or an input port 25.
- the output selection unit 21b is connected to the general-purpose registers in the output port 26 and the ADU unit 20, and the output path of the data may be output through the output port 26 or may be output to a general-purpose register.
- An embodiment of the storage unit 22 includes a storage unit (i.e., MEM) 24 and a configuration register 27a.
- the ADU unit 20 executes configuration instructions to write configuration information into its configuration register 27a.
- the storage unit 22 will The data is stored in the storage unit 24, or the data is read from the storage unit 24.
- Another embodiment of the storage unit includes a storage unit, a configuration register, and an address generator.
- the address generator is respectively connected to the configuration register and the storage unit of the storage unit, and the address generator is configured according to
- the configuration information in the configuration register sets an address base address (ie, an initial address of the access data), a hopping step length, and a hopping number of the storage unit access data, according to the address base address, a jump step size, The number of hops determines the actual physical address of the data access. For example, if a data segment of 1-16 needs to be stored, the address generator can generate an address base address for storing data according to the configuration information, and control data from the storage.
- the address of the storage unit begins to be stored, and the jump step is 1 and jumps 15 times until the last data is stored. ⁇ Accessing data in this way, the address generator can automatically generate a large number of regular addresses according to the content in the configuration information, and in the face of the DSP algorithm, large-scale data access is regular, such as an address. Since the increase of 1, increase by 2 and so on. In this way, only one instruction can be executed, and a piece of data can be accessed without repeating 16 instructions or looping an instruction, thereby simplifying operations, especially for stream processing or large data access operations. It is convenient, and the address is given by the programmer without having to access each time.
- the storage unit can be any storage medium such as FLASH, EEPROM or SRAM, different storage media are stored in different ways.
- the storage component may further include at least one format converter respectively connected to the configuration register and the storage unit of the storage component, decoding the configuration information in the configuration register, and selecting a corresponding format converter.
- the format converter converts external data into a format that is accessed for the storage unit.
- the EEPROM is a serial data access
- the access mode of the S RAM is different. Therefore, the data needs to be converted or unpacked to perform access, and the conversion operation is performed by the format converter.
- Different memories require different format converters, so in this embodiment, a plurality of format converters can be provided and selected among a plurality of format converters depending on the configuration information.
- Configreg where configreg is used to configure the data path in data input path 21a, ie select the transfer switch.
- the data input path 21a selects the input source of the data based on the configuration information in the configuration register 27c, and the data is temporarily stored in the data register 28 of the data input path 21a and input to a designated storage unit 22.
- the storage function of the storage unit cluster storage unit 22 is configured.
- the corresponding instruction is: movesc reg configreg, where configreg is used to configure the storage function of the storage unit 22, and the storage unit 22 is based on the configuration information in the configuration register 27a from the address base address.
- the data is stored in accordance with the jump step size and the number of jumps. And configure and manage data input and output ports.
- the configuration command executed by the configurable control unit may be one of the aforementioned instructions.
- the configurability of the storage components is mainly embodied in the configurability of the address generator so that different access addresses can be generated; and the different capacities and types of the storage unit and the format converter are configured.
- the choice of storage medium is mainly embodied in the configurability of the address generator so that different access addresses can be generated; and the different capacities and types of the storage unit and the format converter are configured. The choice of storage medium.
- This embodiment is a processor having a configurable computing component processor and a configurable storage component processor and its cascade.
- any specific application algorithm ASIC ie, ASIC
- ASIC can be implemented by cascading a series of APs and MPs.
- the structure includes at least one AP and at least one MP, and the AP is interconnected with at least one of the AP and the MP, MP and AP. At least one interconnect in the MP, as shown in Figure 7-10.
- the input data is first calculated by two APs, and the result is temporarily stored, and then respectively operated by two and four APs, and then temporarily stored. As a result, the result of the temporary storage is subjected to four AP operations, and finally the data is output.
- a flow chart of operation and storage requirements is formed, and then a cascade diagram of the AP and the MP can be formed, as shown in FIG.
- the cascading manner of the AP and the MP can be set as needed to implement the required algorithm.
- the configurable control components in the AP and the configurable control components in the MP can use the same structure or different structures.
- the ADUs of the same structure are described with AP and MP.
- the first configurable control component of the AP and the second configurable control component of the MP may be independently owned by each unit, or may be shared by several units.
- the instruction processing components of APs and MPs are relatively simple, and both the arithmetic functions and the storage functions are organized into internal processing of configurable arithmetic components and configurable storage components.
- Such APs and MPs can efficiently cascade to support the implementation of application algorithms with configurability and programmable flexibility. If the design of a specific application algorithm ASIC has been implemented by means of AP and MP cascading, and it is necessary to further reduce the chip area and reduce the cost, the configurable components (arithmetic components, storage components, etc.) can be performed according to the needs of the application algorithm. Customization: Cancel configurable features that are not being used.
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