Title :
Implementation of the FALCON-A ISA on FPGA
Author :
Yamin, Abid ; Ali, Ahmad
Author_Institution :
Electr. Eng. Dept., Nat. Univ. of Comput. & Emerging Sci. (FAST-NU), Lahore, Pakistan
Abstract :
The FALCON-A, a 16-bit RISC processor, is a simple but powerful CPU for understanding the concepts of computer architecture. This paper describes the implementation of the FALCON-A ISA on Spartan-3E FPGA platform using VHDL. Extensive timing simulations were carried out using the Xilinx Integrated Software Environment (ISE) v12.4. The processor´s performance is evaluated by observing parameters like area, speed, and resource utilization. Selected results have been reported at the end of this paper.
Keywords :
field programmable gate arrays; hardware description languages; integrated software; performance evaluation; reduced instruction set computing; resource allocation; timing; CPU; FALCON-A ISA; ISE v12.4; RISC processor; Spartan-3E FPGA platform; VHDL; Xilinx integrated software environment v12.4; computer architecture; processor performance evaluation; processor speed; resource utilization; timing simulations; Clocks; Delays; Multiplexing; Out of order; Radiation detectors; Registers; Vectors; Computer Architecture; Digital Design; FALCON-A; FPGA; ISA;
Conference_Titel :
Embedded Computing (MECO), 2013 2nd Mediterranean Conference on
Conference_Location :
Budva
DOI :
10.1109/MECO.2013.6601321
