InOrder

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This page provides a general overview of the InOrderCPU model, its pipeline stages, and its resources.

Soumyaroop Roy has been kind enough to provide a "test-status-page" of the M5-Inorder model in the work he has been doing. (Note: The latest versions of the inorder model can be found in the m5-dev repository. Please check there for updates and additional information.)

The relevant sources files are in src/cpu/inorder.

Pipeline Stages

In it's most basic incarnation, the In-Order model models a 5-stage pipeline.

The 5-stage pipeline is based on the 5-stage MIPS pipeline and has the following stages:

  • Instruction Fetch (IF)
  • Instruction Decode (ID)
  • Execute (EX)
  • Memory Access (MEM)
  • Register Write Back (WB)

Relevant source files:

  • first_stage.[hh,cc]
  • pipeline_stage.[hh,cc]

Pipeline Resources

The following pipeline resources are defined for InOrderCPU:

  • Fetch Unit
  • Instruction Cache (I-Cache)
  • Branch Prediction Unit (BPred Unit)
  • Register File Manager (RF Manager)
  • Address Generation Unit (AGen Unit)
  • Execution Unit (EXU)
  • Integer Multiply and Divide Unit (Int MDU)
  • Data Cache (D-Cache)
  • Graduation Unit (Grad Unit)

Relevant source files:

  • resources/*.[hh,cc]

Resource Pool

@TODO

Pipeline Definition

@TODO

Instruction Schedules

Instruction scheduling is divided into a front-end schedule (IF and ID), which is uniform for all the instructions, and a back-end schedule, which varies across the different instructions.

  • Front-end Schedule
    • The front-end schedule comprises of the IF and ID stages
      • IF
        • NPC is updated by the Fetch unit
        • Instruction fetch from the I-Cache is initiated
      • ID
        • Instruction fetch is completed by I-Cache
        • Instruction decode is performed by the Decode unit
        • Branch prediction is performed by the BPred unit
        • Target PC is updated by the Fetch unit
  • Back-end Schedule
    • The back-end schedule comprises of the ID, EX, MEM, and WB stages
      • ID
        • For non-store instructions, the source registers, if any, are read by the RF Manager
        • For load instructions, address generation is performed by the AGEN unit and data read from the D-Cache is initiated
        • The rest of the instructions are executed in the execution units
          • Single cycle operations are sent to the integer EXU
          • Execution is initiated for the multicycle/pipelined operations
      • EX
        • Execution is finished for the multicycle/pipelined operations
        • For load instructions, data read from the D-Cache is completed
        • For store instructions, the following tasks are performed
          • The source registers are read by the RF manager
          • Address generation is performed by the AGen unit
          • Data write into the D-Cache is initiated
      • MEM
        • For store instructions, data write into the D-Cache is completed
      • WB
        • Destination registers are written into by the RF manager
        • The instruction is graduated by the Grad unit

Relevant source files:

  • pipeline_traits.[cc,hh]