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micheleandClaude Sonnet 5 264950923b feat: N=8 hybrid systolic promoted to the real, definitive deployment target (EXP-0096)
New n8_system_ddr3_top.v: a real, permanent, named top-level (not a
build-time -generic override), byte-for-byte the same RTL as
n16_system_ddr3_top.v with N_GROUPS defaulting to 2. Real, full P&R
under this file's own name reproduces EXP-0095's own generic-override
result exactly: WNS=0.000ns, WHS=+0.017ns, 0 failing setup endpoints,
64 DSP48E1/26.7%, 12535 LUTs/19.77%.

New tb_n8_system_ddr3.v (real DDR3-model methodology, adapted from
tb_n16_system_ddr3.v, M=16 positions covering every one of the 2
groups x 4 PEs x 2 lanes exactly once): real functional xsim, 16/16
PASS, 0 errors -- closes the real functional-verification gap this
specific N previously had.

N=8 is now BOTH functionally verified AND timing-closed under its own
permanent name -- the real, definitive deployment target. N=2 kept as
a documented, valid fallback; N=16 kept as documented, functionally-
verified-but-not-timing-closed future work, not abandoned.

docs/PHYSICAL_REALIZATION.md, docs/ARCHITECTURE_ANALYSIS.md,
docs/PINOUT.md updated to reflect N=8 as the current real signoff.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01MUG92aM9m68TRc4rG55BcC
2026-09-21 08:29:04 +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.