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micheleandClaude Sonnet 5 55c827bedf feat: PSRAM page-mode reads + graph engine (Type #2) + real pinout/IRQ pins
PSRAM page-mode read burst support in psram_controller.v: enables the
ISSI IS66WVE4M16EBLL-70BLI's page mode via its configuration-register
software-access sequence at boot (disabled by default on the real
chip), then keeps CE#/OE# asserted after a read so a same-page
continuation only pays tAPA (20ns) instead of a full tAA (70ns)
random access, with automatic tCEM-safe session closing. Only a WRITE
closes the page -- byte-enable changes do not, since
int8_memory_access.v alternates them on nearly every access and an
early implementation attempt that treated them as a close condition
measured a real regression (53.25->61.25 cycles/edge) before being
corrected (53.25->37.53 cycles/edge, +42% gather bandwidth).
sim/psram_model.v gained independent tAPA/tAA and tCEM enforcement
(with a real Verilog same-timestep event-ordering race found and
fixed via a #0 sync) so the regression proves real timing compliance,
not just data correctness. New sim/psram_page_mode_tb.v; full 26-file
regression suite re-run clean. Real nextpnr-ecp5 Fmax re-measured on
the full spi_neuron_top system: 75.73MHz (P2, up from 55.59MHz) and
65.13MHz (P8) -- still under the 80MHz target but not regressed, with
the critical path confirmed (not assumed) to remain entirely inside
neuron_parallel's accumulate chain, never psram_controller.

Also includes this session's other already-validated work: the graph
engine (Type #2 sparse-graph network: act_buffer, graph_engine,
netasm host assembler), real CABGA381 pinout (.lpf, place&route
verified) and physical IRQ_N/DATA_READY_N pins, and Phase 7 timing
closure logs -- all previously uncommitted, documented in WORKLOG.md.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01LH3jPeJ3eFMfF2v8SQhpkk
2026-09-03 17:12:05 +02:00

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`timescale 1ns/1ps
// ================================================================
// NEURON_PARALLEL SATURATION/ACTIVATION BOUNDARY TESTBENCH
//
// Timing-closure task: the saturation/ReLU comparisons in
// rtl/neuron_parallel.v were rewritten from arithmetic comparisons
// (`> 127`, `< -128`, `<= 0` -- a second 32-bit carry chain in
// series with the accumulator's own adder, the measured critical
// path) to bit-test form (wide AND/OR reductions). This testbench
// exists specifically to prove bit-exact equivalence at every
// saturation boundary called out in the task brief: final_acc =
// 126, 127, 128, 129, -128, -129, -1, 0, for BOTH ACT_NONE and
// ACT_RELU.
//
// N_INPUTS=PARALLEL=1 (single MAC lane) so final_acc = x*w + bias
// exactly, letting each test case hit its target accumulator value
// directly via a hand-picked (x, w, bias) triple -- no need to sum
// multiple groups.
// ================================================================
module tb;
localparam DATA_WIDTH = 8;
localparam N_INPUTS = 1;
localparam PARALLEL = 1;
localparam ACC_WIDTH = 32;
localparam CLK_PERIOD = 10.0;
localparam ACT_NONE = 2'd0;
localparam ACT_RELU = 2'd1;
reg clk;
initial begin
clk = 1'b0;
forever #(CLK_PERIOD / 2.0) clk = ~clk;
end
reg rst;
reg start;
reg signed [DATA_WIDTH-1:0] x_val, w_val, bias_val;
reg [1:0] activation;
wire signed [DATA_WIDTH-1:0] y;
wire busy, done;
neuron_parallel #(
.DATA_WIDTH(DATA_WIDTH),
.N_INPUTS(N_INPUTS),
.PARALLEL(PARALLEL),
.ACC_WIDTH(ACC_WIDTH)
) dut (
.clk(clk), .rst(rst), .start(start),
.x_bus(x_val), .w_bus(w_val), .bias(bias_val),
.activation(activation),
.n_inputs_real(N_INPUTS[15:0]),
.y(y), .busy(busy), .done(done)
);
integer errors;
task run_case(
input signed [DATA_WIDTH-1:0] x,
input signed [DATA_WIDTH-1:0] w,
input signed [DATA_WIDTH-1:0] b,
input [1:0] act,
input signed [DATA_WIDTH-1:0] expected,
input [255:0] name
);
begin
@(negedge clk);
x_val = x; w_val = w; bias_val = b; activation = act;
start = 1'b1;
@(negedge clk);
start = 1'b0;
wait (done);
if (y !== expected) begin
$display("FAIL %0s: x=%0d w=%0d bias=%0d act=%0d expected=%0d got=%0d",
name, x, w, b, act, expected, y);
errors = errors + 1;
end else begin
$display("PASS %0s: x=%0d w=%0d bias=%0d act=%0d -> y=%0d",
name, x, w, b, act, y);
end
@(negedge clk);
end
endtask
initial begin
errors = 0;
rst = 1'b1; start = 1'b0;
x_val = 0; w_val = 0; bias_val = 0; activation = ACT_RELU;
repeat (3) @(negedge clk);
rst = 1'b0;
@(negedge clk);
$display("");
$display("========================================");
$display("NEURON_PARALLEL SATURATION BOUNDARY TEST");
$display("========================================");
// final_acc = 126 (x=1,w=126,bias=0)
run_case(8'sd1, 8'sd126, 8'sd0, ACT_NONE, 8'sd126, "acc=126 NONE");
run_case(8'sd1, 8'sd126, 8'sd0, ACT_RELU, 8'sd126, "acc=126 RELU");
// final_acc = 127 (exact positive boundary, must NOT saturate)
run_case(8'sd1, 8'sd127, 8'sd0, ACT_NONE, 8'sd127, "acc=127 NONE");
run_case(8'sd1, 8'sd127, 8'sd0, ACT_RELU, 8'sd127, "acc=127 RELU");
// final_acc = 128 (one past positive boundary, must saturate to 127)
run_case(8'sd2, 8'sd64, 8'sd0, ACT_NONE, 8'sd127, "acc=128 NONE");
run_case(8'sd2, 8'sd64, 8'sd0, ACT_RELU, 8'sd127, "acc=128 RELU");
// final_acc = 129
run_case(8'sd2, 8'sd64, 8'sd1, ACT_NONE, 8'sd127, "acc=129 NONE");
run_case(8'sd2, 8'sd64, 8'sd1, ACT_RELU, 8'sd127, "acc=129 RELU");
// final_acc = -128 (exact negative boundary, must NOT saturate under NONE)
run_case(8'sd1, -8'sd128, 8'sd0, ACT_NONE, -8'sd128, "acc=-128 NONE");
run_case(8'sd1, -8'sd128, 8'sd0, ACT_RELU, 8'sd0, "acc=-128 RELU");
// final_acc = -129 (one past negative boundary, must saturate to -128 under NONE)
run_case(8'sd2, -8'sd64, -8'sd1, ACT_NONE, -8'sd128, "acc=-129 NONE");
run_case(8'sd2, -8'sd64, -8'sd1, ACT_RELU, 8'sd0, "acc=-129 RELU");
// final_acc = -1
run_case(8'sd1, -8'sd1, 8'sd0, ACT_NONE, -8'sd1, "acc=-1 NONE");
run_case(8'sd1, -8'sd1, 8'sd0, ACT_RELU, 8'sd0, "acc=-1 RELU");
// final_acc = 0
run_case(8'sd0, 8'sd0, 8'sd0, ACT_NONE, 8'sd0, "acc=0 NONE");
run_case(8'sd0, 8'sd0, 8'sd0, ACT_RELU, 8'sd0, "acc=0 RELU");
$display("");
if (errors == 0) begin
$display("========================================");
$display("SATURATION BOUNDARY TEST PASSED (0 errors)");
$display("========================================");
end else begin
$display("========================================");
$display("SATURATION BOUNDARY TEST FAILED (%0d errors)", errors);
$display("========================================");
$fatal;
end
$finish;
end
endmodule