BEFORE WE BEGIN In this part we’ll start talk about cache access for our DDR3 module from previous part. But before we go further, and since the files are getting too large to post here, we need to grab them from a git repository. Please head over to https://github.com/ecilasun/nekoichiarticle and use the following command to […]

BEFORE WE BEGIN In this part we’ll start talking about DDR3, color palette addition to our GPU. But before we go further, and since the files are getting too large to post here, we need to grab them from a git repository. Please head over to https://github.com/ecilasun/nekoichiarticle and use the following command to pull the […]

BEFORE WE BEGIN In this part we’ll talk about adding the SDCard, board button and switch input, and the modified interrupt scheme we’ll use to distinguish between devices. But before we go further, and since the files are getting too large to post here, we need to grab them from a git repository. Please head […]

BEFORE WE BEGIN In this part we’ll talk about integer and floating point math extensions, M and F. In addition, we’ll mention the CSR register file and the interrupt mechanism. But before we go further, and since the files are getting too large to post here, we need to grab them from a git repository. […]

BEFORE WE BEGIN In this part we’ll talk about video output and the GPU, and intermediate devices to get them working. But before we go further, and since the files are getting too large to post here, we need to grab them from a git repository. Please head over to https://github.com/ecilasun/nekoichiarticle and use the following […]

BEFORE WE BEGIN In this part we’ll talk about RISC-V compile toolchain we’ll be using, as well as upload a pre-existing terminal application to NekoIchi to interact with it. But before we go further, and since the files are getting too large to post here, we need to grab them from a git repository. Please […]

BEFORE WE BEGIN In this part we’ll talk about crossing clock domains, our device router and the UART. But before we go further, and since the files are getting too large to post here, we need to grab them from a git repository. Please head over to https://github.com/ecilasun/nekoichiarticle and use the following command to pull […]

BEFORE WE BEGIN In this part we’ll increase our BIOS and use an updated ROM image, talk about clocks and make NekoIchi run some code. But before we go further, and since the files are getting too large to post here, we need to grab them from a git repository. Please head over to https://github.com/ecilasun/nekoichiarticle […]

Before we begin In this part we’ll talk about the ALU and register files, and register file write delay and why we do it. But before we go further, and since the files are getting too large to post here, we need to grab them from a git repository. Please head over to https://github.com/ecilasun/nekoichiarticle and […]

Before we begin In this part we’ll take a brief look at instruction decoding for the base instruction set, namely rv32i. But before we go further, and since the files are getting too large to post here, we need to grab them from a git repository. Please head over to https://github.com/ecilasun/nekoichiarticle and use the following […]