Paper Info
Title
Lagarto I - Una plataforma hardware/software de arquitectura de computadoras para la academia e investigación.
Abstract
The design of Microprocessors Computer Architectures remains as a fundamental course in Computer Science and Computer Engineering. The technology and organization inside microprocessors have changed quite fast in the last twenty years. That change has increased the information handled in class, difficulting the teaching/learning process among students. Although there are tools, mainly simulators, available to exemplify abstract concepts during the course, these tools have not come along with the technology. The computer architecture group of the Centro de Investigaci\'on en Computaci\'on at the IPN Mexico is working on a project called Lagarto to create an open computing platform for research and education to simplify the understanding of fundamental concepts involved in computer architecture and operating systems. This paper introduces Lagarto, our soft-core-processor micro-architecture. It has a scalar pipeline structure and executes a full MIPS 32 R6 ISA [9] [10] and includes an MMU to support modern Operative Systems. The complete design has been described using Verilog HDL and is fully synthesizable in an FPGA. Additionally, this work shows different ways to use and test the microprocessor with codes written in either assembly language or C language. We show that the Lagarto project allows students to incorporate during the course not only the traditional model of visualizing theoretical knowledge in a practical exercise through simulators but also integrate into the teaching process the RTL design to build the Microprocessor Architecture.
Year
Venue
Field
2017
Research in Computing Science
Engineering,Hardware software,Operating system
DocType
Volume
Citations 
Journal
137
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Cristóbal Ramírez100.68
César Hernández200.68
Carlos Morales331.86
Gustavo Mondragón García400.34
Luis Villa51078.86
Marco A. Ramirez681.91