Nyuzi is an experimental multicore GPGPU processor implemented in SystemVerilog. It supports vector floating point, fine grained hardware multithreading, and a coherent L1/L2 cache hierarchy. It is fully synthesizable and has been validated on FPGA. This project also includes a C++ toolchain based on LLVM, an emulator, software libraries, and RTL verification tests. It is useful as a platform for microarchitecture experimentation, performance modeling, and parallel software development.

License: Apache 2.0
Documentation: https://github.com/jbush001/NyuziProcessor/wiki
Mailing list: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/nyuzi-processor-dev
Blog: http://latchup.blogspot.com/

These instructions explain how to get the design working in Verilog simulation. This environment allows cycle-accurate modeling of the hardware without an FPGA.

Instructions for obtaining these packages are in the following sections.

• GCC 4.8+ or Apple Clang 4.2+
• Python 2.7
• Verilator 3.864+.
• Perl 5.x+ (required by Verilator)
• Nyuzi cross compiler toolchain: https://github.com/jbush001/NyuziToolchain
• libsdl 2.0
• ImageMagick

• Emacs v23.2+, for AUTOWIRE/AUTOINST.
• Java (J2SE 6+) for visualizer app
• GTKWave for analyzing waveform files

First, build the Nyuzi toolchain following instructions in https://github.com/jbush001/NyuziToolchain

Next, you will need Verilator. Many package managers have Verilator, but it may be out of date. It can be installed as follows (assuming Ubuntu):

sudo apt-get install verilator
verilator --version.

Bug fixes in at least version 3.864 are necessary for it to run properly (some of the bugs are subtle, so it may appear to work at first but then fail in odd ways if you are out of date). If you don't have a recent version, build from source using these instructions:

http://www.veripool.org/projects/verilator/wiki/Installing

On Linux, the remaining dependencies can be installed using the built-in package manager (apt-get, yum, etc). I've only tested this on Ubuntu, for which the instructions are below. You may need to tweak the package names for other distros:

sudo apt-get install gcc g++ python perl emacs openjdk-7-jdk gtkwave imagemagick libsdl2-dev

git clone git@github.com:jbush001/NyuziProcessor.git
cd NyuziProcessor
make
make test

To run 3D renderer (in emulator)

cd software/apps/sceneview
make run

On Mavericks and later, the command line compiler can be installed by typing

xcode-select --install 

It will also be installed automatically if you download XCode from the Mac App Store.

Build the Nyuzi toolchain following instructions in https://github.com/jbush001/NyuziToolchain

You will need to build verilator from source using instructions here:

http://www.veripool.org/projects/verilator/wiki/Installing

MacOS has many of the required packages by default, the exceptions being Imagemagick and SDL. To install the remaining packages, I would recommend a package manager like MacPorts. The command line for that would be:

sudo port install imagemagick libsdl2

git clone git@github.com:jbush001/NyuziProcessor.git
cd NyuziProcessor
make
make test

To run 3D renderer (in emulator)

cd software/sceneview
make run

I have not tested this on Windows. Many of the libraries are already cross platform, so it should theoretically be possible.

This currently only works under Linux. It uses Terasic's DE2-115 evaluation board.

In addition to the packages listed above, this requires:

• libusb-1.0
• Brian Swetland's USB Blaster JTAG tools
• [Quartus II FPGA design software] (http://www.altera.com/products/software/quartus-ii/web-edition/qts-we-index.html)

1. Build USB blaster command line tools

    sudo apt-get install libusb-dev
    git clone https://github.com/swetland/jtag
    cd jtag
    make 
   

   Once this is built:

   • Update your PATH environment variable to point the directory where you built the tools (there is no install target for this project).

   • Create a file /etc/udev/rules.d/99-custom.rules and add the following line (this allows using USB blaster tools without having to be root)

      ATTRS{idVendor}=="09fb" , MODE="0660" , GROUP="plugdev" 
     

2. Synthesize the design (ensure quartus binary directory is in your PATH, by default installed in ~/altera/[version]/quartus/bin/)

    cd rtl/fpga/de2-115
    make
   

3. Make sure the FPGA board is in JTAG mode by setting SW19 to 'RUN'

4. Load the bitstream onto the FPGA (note that this will be lost if the FPGA is powered off).

    make program 
   

5. Load program into memory and execute it using the runit script as below. The script assembles the source and uses the jload command to transfer the program over the USB blaster cable that was used to load the bitstream. jload will automatically reset the processor as a side effect, so step 4 does not need to be repeated each time. This test will blink the red LEDs on the dev board in sequence.

   cd ../../../tests/fpga/blinky
   ./runit.sh