Profile:

Code name: maruCc46 (Nickname:maru-C)
Architect: Atsushi Mori (Cofabricator:Kenji Sakaguchi)
Became operational:Monday, August 3, 1998
Type: pipelined RISC having 3 stages
Instructions: two-operand format 16bit-instructions x 16

Special features:

Fully interlocked pipeline
Pretty labels on the machine for the guidance

Machine organization:

Registers: 8bit General purpose registers x 6, 2 bit flag register x 1
Logic units: 8 bit ALU x 1
Internal bus: 8 bit x 3
External bus: 16 bit instruction bus x 1, 8 bit data bus x 1
Main Store: 256Byte x 2 (instruction) + 256Byte (data)
Maximum CPU frequency: 40.0MHz(estimated)
FPGA: Xilinx4010PG191(using 256 CLBs out of 400)
TTL: TI 74 series IC x 29
I/O: 21 switches, 10 LEDs
Application program: Euclidean algorithm

Days taken:

System design: 2 weeks (net: 5 days)
CAD: 10 weeks (net: 20 days)
Fabrication: 2 weeks (net: 6 man days)
Debug: 1 weeks (net 2 days)

Comments:

I almost gave up but I accomplished. I was glad when I completed.




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