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micheleandClaude Sonnet 5 0303aacb9f docs: consolidate N=16 to N=8's own level of rigor (EXP-0098) -- whole family real and closed
N=2 re-verified with the same shared pipelined neural_processor_packed.v
(EXP-0097's fix): real functional xsim 8/8 PASS (identical completion
time to the pre-fix baseline), real full P&R WNS=+0.389ns (up from
+0.099962ns), 0 failing endpoints, 16 DSP48E1 -- no regression.

Real, consolidated family state, all sharing the same pipelined core:
  N=2:  WNS=+0.389ns, 16 DSP48E1,  8/8 functional PASS
  N=8:  WNS=+0.108ns, 64 DSP48E1,  16/16 functional PASS
  N=16: WNS=+0.269ns, 128 DSP48E1, 32/32 functional PASS

Updated the project's own primary real docs (docs/PHYSICAL_REALIZATION.md
S3, docs/ARCHITECTURE_ANALYSIS.md S5.6) to the same depth EXP-0096 gave
N=8 alone -- not just the docs/latex/ deliverables. Clear two-track
framing throughout: the physically fabricated board still uses N=8's
original, unmodified core (WNS=0.000ns exact); this consolidated,
improved family lives on the isolated n16-timing-closure branch,
pending a real hardware decision on whether/when to adopt it.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01MUG92aM9m68TRc4rG55BcC
2026-09-22 01:15:15 +02:00
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Formato dei log V2

Regola non negoziabile (docs/v2-description.md §25-29): ogni attività significativa (modifica, simulazione, sintesi, benchmark, decisione, errore) deve essere registrata. Nessun log viene mai sovrascritto o troncato — solo append. Nessun ID esperimento (EXP-XXXX) o decisione (DEC-XXXX) viene mai riutilizzato, anche se il risultato è un FAIL.

File

  • development.log — log principale di sviluppo, un'entry per ogni sessione di lavoro/milestone (creazione file, refactor, avanzamento roadmap).
  • architecture.log — decisioni e note di architettura a grana fine (non scelte finali — quelle vanno in decisions.log — ma esplorazioni, alternative considerate, vincoli scoperti).
  • simulation.log — ogni run di simulazione (Icarus/Verilator): test, vettori, cicli, PASS/FAIL, confronto bit-exact con V1, stall/memory-wait.
  • synthesis.log — ogni run Yosys: LUT/FF/DSP/BRAM, warning, problemi CHECK.
  • timing.log — ogni run nextpnr-ecp5: Fmax, percorso critico, WNS/TNS se disponibili. Fmax "ufficiale" di una configurazione = solo da qui, mai da simulazione o stima.
  • benchmark.log — tabelle di confronto per configurazione (Fmax, MAC/cycle, cycles/neuron, utilization, ecc.), sempre con etichetta THEORETICAL/SIMULATED/SYNTHESIZED/POST-P&R.
  • decisions.log — decisioni architetturali importanti, formato DEC-XXXX (vedi docs/v2-description.md §27).
  • experiments.log — registro principale, un EXP-XXXX per ogni esperimento end-to-end (config → sim/synth/timing → risultato), rimanda a reports/experiments/EXP-XXXX/.
  • errors.log — errori/bug/regressioni incontrati durante lo sviluppo V2 stesso (non i bug V1, già chiusi in hardware/v1/docs/validation/bugs.md).

Campi minimi per entry (§26)

timestamp, experiment_id (se applicabile), git_commit, session/agent,
module, configuration, action, reason, command, result, errors, decision,
next_action

Per synthesis/timing aggiungere: LUT, FF, DSP, BRAM, Fmax, critical path, WNS/TNS. Per simulazione: test, vectors, cycles, PASS/FAIL, bit-exact result, stall cycles, memory wait, utilization.