UnityChip For XiangShan Processor

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This project aims to perform unit testing (Unit Test, UT) on the Kunminghu architecture of the XiangShan Processor through open-source crowdsourcing. Python is chosen as the primary verification language for this project. By participating in the verification, you will learn the following:

1. Circuit Characteristics: Observe the characteristics of circuits from a software perspective and gain an in-depth understanding of circuit design principles.
2. High-Performance Processor Design: Learn the Chisel hardware description language, study related code and papers, and master the latest architectural design concepts.
3. Chip Verification Process: Familiarize yourself with specification documents (Spec documents), learn how to perform UT verification, and evaluate the rationality of verification results.
4. Python Verification: Master advanced programming patterns such as asynchronous programming and callbacks, and use Python for chip verification.
5. Linux Environment: Learn basic Linux commands and set up the verification environment.

This project welcomes contributions in various aspects and will provide rewards (such as bonuses, certificates, internship opportunities, etc.) within a certain period. Specific types of contributions include:

• # 1: Write verification documents, including specification documents, instruction documents, functional description documents, etc., for the Design Under Test (DUT).
• # 2: Develop test cases, including test code and comments for each functional point, as well as related instruction documents.
• # 3: Discover and report bugs in the XiangShan Processor, and provide cause analysis and repair suggestions.
• # 4: Other contributions, such as adding new features to the tools provided by this project.

UnityChip project website: https://open-verify.cc

We look forward to your participation!

Quick Start

Refer to the Environment Preparation to set up the basic environment, and then run the following commands:

git clone git@github.com:XS-MLVP/UnityChipForXiangShan.git
cd UnityChipForXiangShan
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
make all

The above commands will automatically perform the following operations:

1. Download the RTL code;
2. Compile all available modules to be verified;
3. Search for all Python files starting with test_ in the ut_* directories and run the test cases starting with test_ in them;
4. Generate test reports (the test reports are located in the out directory);
5. Update statistical data.

*By default, tests that are too time-consuming will be skipped. You can run all test cases by setting CFG=configs/noskip.yaml， eg:

make all CFG=configs/noskip.yaml

Display Docs and Data Locally

Follow the Documentation Deployment Instructions to set up the hugo environment, and then execute:

cd UnityChipForXiangShan
make doc

After executing the above commands, you will see output similar to:

Running in Fast Render Mode. For full rebuilds on change: hugo server --disableFastRender
Web Server is available at //localhost:1313/ (bind address 127.0.0.1)
Press Ctrl+C to stop

At this point, you can access the provided address (http://127.0.0.1:1313) through your browser.

For more documentation, please visit: https://open-verify.cc/UnityChipForXiangShan

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