CPE 304: Computer Architecture Project

Due date: 8th Oct. 2021 Presentation date: 13:30, 9th Oct. 2021

Requirements:

• Programs in Assembly Language.
• Behavioral simulator.
• Assembler.

An SMC Computer is a 32-bit computer, using word-addressing, has 8 registers and 65,536 words of memory. There are 4 types of instruction format including R-type, I-type, J-type, and O-type. the zeroth register must always be zero valued.

instruction formats

(R-type format):    0000000 [opcode-3u] [rs-3u] [rt-3u] 0000000000000 [rd-3u]
(I-type format):    0000000 [opcode-3u] [rs-3u] [rt-3u] [offset-16s]
(J-type format):    0000000 [opcode-3u] [rs-3u] [rd-3u] 000000000000000000
(O-type format):    0000000 [opcode-3u] 0000000000000000000000000000

instructions

add     (R-type format)     000 -> [rd]     [rs1]   [rs2]
nand    (R-type format)     001 -> [rd]     [rs1]   [rs2]
lw      (I-type format)     010 -> [rs]     [rt]    [offset]
sw      (I-type format)     011 -> [rs]     [rt]    [offset]
beq     (I-type format)     100 -> [rs1]    [rs2]   [jmp]
jalr    (J-type format)     101 -> [rs]     [jmp]
halt    (O-type format)     110 -> *none
noop    (O-type format)     111 -> *none

sample-1 assembly format

(address 0):            lw      0   1   five    load reg1 with 5 (uses symbolic address)
(address 1):            lw      1   2   3       load reg2 with -1 (uses numeric address)
(address 2):    start   add     1   2   1       decrement reg1
(address 3):            beq     0   1   2       goto end of program when reg1==0
(address 4):            beq     0   0   start   go back to the beginning of the loop
(address 5):            noop
(address 6):    done    halt                    end of program
(address 7):    five    .fill   5
(address 8):    neg1    .fill   -1
(address 9):    stAddr  .fill   start           will contain the address of start

registers

$0  value 0.
$1  n input to the function.
$2  r input to the function.
$3  return value of the function.
$4  local variable for the function.
$5  stack pointer.
$6  temporary value (can hold different values at different times, e.g. +1, -1, function address).
$7  return address.

stricter rules:

• (assembler): outputting the machine-code file.
• (assembler): call exit(0) if there is any error in the source code, otherwise call exit(1) for successful execution.
• (simulator): initialize all registers with 0.

Getting Started with Shell script

Available Scripts

./project.sh build [simulator|assembler] [file path to be lauched]

Builds the app.

./project.sh run [simulator|assembler] [file path to be lauched]

Builds and runs the app.

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