Both testbenches instantiated their DUTs with a FRAC_BITS parameter and
Q8.8 fixed-point 16-bit values, which no longer exist in rtl/neuron_parallel.v
(now plain INT8, DATA_WIDTH=8, hardcoded +127 saturation, ReLU-only clamp).
This made both tests fail elaboration ("parameter FRAC_BITS not found").
Rewrote both benches with integer INT8 stimuli and expectations matching
the current core (no RTL changes): neuron_parallel_tb covers a mixed
vector, ReLU, positive saturation, and mixed values with a boundary
negative bias; layer_tb covers 8 neurons exercising scale, ReLU,
saturation, bias-only, and a sparse weight pattern across groups.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01WQV3vS9TXaGDJ5cRfnfidt
preload_vector and preload_weights wrote using base as a word address
instead of a byte address (base + (k>>1) instead of (base>>1) + (k>>1)),
misaligning X/W data in PSRAM relative to what int8_memory_access expects.
Also adds a PATTERN test (X=1..32) to exercise mixed even/odd byte reads
and catch this class of bug going forward.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01WQV3vS9TXaGDJ5cRfnfidt
micheleandClaude Sonnet 5