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micheleandClaude Sonnet 5 ee5a68f6e6 exp: SDRAM CDC bridge + open-row policy (EXP-0053/54/55) -- open-row is a real ~5% D-Stress win, CDC bridge measured net-negative once integrated
EXP-0053: sdram_cdc_bridge.v decouples the SDRAM clock (115.2MHz, real
value derived from the board's own existing PLL VCO=576MHz, verified
via ecppll) from the 64MHz compute domain. Isolated: 137/137 tests, 0
errors, but real measured speedup is only 1.095x (not the naive 1.8x
clock-ratio estimate) -- the CDC handshake's own synchronizer
round-trip is a fixed per-transaction tax.

EXP-0054: sdram_controller_openrow.v implements the page-hit/
keep-row-open optimization sdram_controller.v's own header had always
deferred. weight_prefetch_engine_wide.v's real production traffic is
strictly sequential per job and mostly stays within one SDRAM row --
closing/reopening it every tile (today's fixed auto-precharge policy)
wastes tRP+tRCD for no reason. Isolated: 154/154 tests, 0 errors, 0
protocol violations (including the new refresh-while-row-open hazard,
fixed via an explicit precharge-before-refresh path). Real measured
speedup on the actual sequential access pattern: 1.141x.

EXP-0055: composed both, then integrated into the real D-Stress
benchmark (N=4/N=8, 256/256 bit-exact in every config). Result:
open-row ALONE gives a real, consistent ~5% cycle-count improvement
(47445/47468 vs baseline 49927/49909). CDC alone is a real ~8%
REGRESSION. Combined is still a ~4% regression -- the CDC's fixed tax
is paid on every transaction regardless of row-hit, and real D-Stress
traffic interleaves weight-fetch/activation-result access far more
than the isolated same-row test exercised, so open-row's real saving
doesn't offset it. Decision: do not adopt the CDC approach; open-row
alone is the disclosed, real win worth considering for production
next, pending an explicit go-ahead (not applied to the real board top
in this commit -- all additive, existing production RTL untouched).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01MUG92aM9m68TRc4rG55BcC
2026-09-16 07:07:57 +02:00

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// ============================================================
// EXP-0055 -- isolated correctness + real measured COMBINED speedup
// for sdram_cdc_bridge_openrow.v (CDC to 115.2MHz + page-hit policy
// together), vs today's real single-clock, always-precharge baseline
// (sdram_controller.v @ 64MHz). Same dual-clock-domain rigor as
// tb_sdram_cdc_bridge.v (EXP-0053): clk_slow/clk_fast independently
// generated, non-integer ratio (64 vs 115.2MHz).
//
// This does NOT re-run every turnaround edge case already covered by
// tb_sdram_controller_openrow.v (EXP-0054, single-clock) -- that
// already established the FSM's own correctness independent of
// clocking. This testbench checks that composing the two mechanisms
// (CDC handshake + page-hit policy) together does not interact badly,
// and measures the REAL combined number.
// ============================================================
module tb;
localparam BURST_LEN = 8;
localparam ROW_BITS = 13;
localparam COL_BITS = 10;
localparam BANK_BITS = 2;
localparam ADDR_WIDTH = BANK_BITS + ROW_BITS + COL_BITS;
localparam ALIGN_BITS = (BURST_LEN<=1) ? 0 : $clog2(BURST_LEN);
localparam CLK_FREQ_SLOW = 64;
localparam real CLK_FREQ_FAST_REAL = 115.2;
localparam SLOW_PERIOD_NS = 1000.0/CLK_FREQ_SLOW;
localparam real FAST_PERIOD_NS = 1000.0/CLK_FREQ_FAST_REAL;
reg clk_slow = 0;
always #(SLOW_PERIOD_NS/2.0) clk_slow = ~clk_slow;
reg clk_fast = 0;
always #(FAST_PERIOD_NS/2.0) clk_fast = ~clk_fast;
reg rst_slow, rst_fast;
integer cyc;
always @(posedge clk_slow) if (!rst_slow) cyc <= cyc + 1;
// ================= DUT A: today's real baseline (single clock) =====
reg reqA, wrA;
reg [ADDR_WIDTH-1:0] addrA;
reg [16*BURST_LEN-1:0] wdataA;
reg [2*BURST_LEN-1:0] wmaskA;
wire [16*BURST_LEN-1:0] rdataA;
wire readyA, busyA;
wire cke_A, cs_A, ras_A, cas_A, we_A;
wire [BANK_BITS-1:0] ba_A;
wire [ROW_BITS-1:0] a_A;
wire [15:0] dq_A;
wire [1:0] dqm_A;
sdram_controller #(
.CLK_FREQ_MHZ(CLK_FREQ_SLOW), .BURST_LEN(BURST_LEN),
.ROW_BITS(ROW_BITS), .COL_BITS(COL_BITS), .BANK_BITS(BANK_BITS)
) dut_base (
.clk(clk_slow), .rst(rst_slow),
.req(reqA), .wr(wrA), .addr(addrA), .wdata(wdataA), .wmask(wmaskA),
.rdata(rdataA), .ready(readyA), .busy(busyA),
.sdram_cke(cke_A), .sdram_cs_n(cs_A), .sdram_ras_n(ras_A),
.sdram_cas_n(cas_A), .sdram_we_n(we_A),
.sdram_ba(ba_A), .sdram_a(a_A), .sdram_dq(dq_A), .sdram_dqm(dqm_A)
);
sdram_model #(
.CLK_FREQ_MHZ(CLK_FREQ_SLOW),
.ROW_BITS(ROW_BITS), .COL_BITS(COL_BITS), .BANK_BITS(BANK_BITS)
) mem_base (
.clk(clk_slow), .cke(cke_A), .cs_n(cs_A), .ras_n(ras_A),
.cas_n(cas_A), .we_n(we_A), .ba(ba_A), .a(a_A), .dq(dq_A), .dqm(dqm_A)
);
// ================= DUT B: combined (CDC 115.2MHz + open-row) =======
reg reqB, wrB;
reg [ADDR_WIDTH-1:0] addrB;
reg [16*BURST_LEN-1:0] wdataB;
reg [2*BURST_LEN-1:0] wmaskB;
wire [16*BURST_LEN-1:0] rdataB;
wire readyB, busyB;
wire cke_B, cs_B, ras_B, cas_B, we_B;
wire [BANK_BITS-1:0] ba_B;
wire [ROW_BITS-1:0] a_B;
wire [15:0] dq_B;
wire [1:0] dqm_B;
sdram_cdc_bridge_openrow #(
.CLK_FREQ_MHZ_FAST(115), .BURST_LEN(BURST_LEN),
.ROW_BITS(ROW_BITS), .COL_BITS(COL_BITS), .BANK_BITS(BANK_BITS)
) dut_combined (
.clk_slow(clk_slow), .rst_slow(rst_slow),
.clk_fast(clk_fast), .rst_fast(rst_fast),
.req(reqB), .wr(wrB), .addr(addrB), .wdata(wdataB), .wmask(wmaskB),
.rdata(rdataB), .ready(readyB), .busy(busyB),
.sdram_cke(cke_B), .sdram_cs_n(cs_B), .sdram_ras_n(ras_B),
.sdram_cas_n(cas_B), .sdram_we_n(we_B),
.sdram_ba(ba_B), .sdram_a(a_B), .sdram_dq(dq_B), .sdram_dqm(dqm_B)
);
sdram_model #(
.CLK_FREQ_MHZ(115),
.ROW_BITS(ROW_BITS), .COL_BITS(COL_BITS), .BANK_BITS(BANK_BITS)
) mem_combined (
.clk(clk_fast), .cke(cke_B), .cs_n(cs_B), .ras_n(ras_B),
.cas_n(cas_B), .we_n(we_B), .ba(ba_B), .a(a_B), .dq(dq_B), .dqm(dqm_B)
);
integer errors, tests;
task automatic do_txn_A(
input t_wr,
input [ADDR_WIDTH-1:0] t_addr,
input [16*BURST_LEN-1:0] t_wdata,
output [16*BURST_LEN-1:0] t_rdata,
output integer t_cycles
);
integer t0;
begin
@(posedge clk_slow);
while (busyA) @(posedge clk_slow);
t0 = cyc;
reqA = 1'b1; wrA = t_wr; addrA = t_addr; wdataA = t_wdata; wmaskA = {(2*BURST_LEN){1'b0}};
@(posedge clk_slow);
reqA = 1'b0;
while (!readyA) @(posedge clk_slow);
t_rdata = rdataA;
t_cycles = cyc - t0;
end
endtask
task automatic do_txn_B(
input t_wr,
input [ADDR_WIDTH-1:0] t_addr,
input [16*BURST_LEN-1:0] t_wdata,
output [16*BURST_LEN-1:0] t_rdata,
output integer t_cycles
);
integer t0;
begin
@(posedge clk_slow);
while (busyB) @(posedge clk_slow);
t0 = cyc;
reqB = 1'b1; wrB = t_wr; addrB = t_addr; wdataB = t_wdata; wmaskB = {(2*BURST_LEN){1'b0}};
@(posedge clk_slow);
reqB = 1'b0;
while (!readyB) @(posedge clk_slow);
t_rdata = rdataB;
t_cycles = cyc - t0;
end
endtask
reg [16*BURST_LEN-1:0] gotA, gotB, wpat;
integer elapsedA, elapsedB;
task automatic check_word_both(input [ADDR_WIDTH-1:0] a, input [15:0] pattern);
integer k;
begin
for (k = 0; k < BURST_LEN; k = k + 1)
wpat[k*16 +: 16] = pattern + k[15:0];
do_txn_A(1'b1, a, wpat, gotA, elapsedA);
do_txn_A(1'b0, a, {(16*BURST_LEN){1'b0}}, gotA, elapsedA);
do_txn_B(1'b1, a, wpat, gotB, elapsedB);
do_txn_B(1'b0, a, {(16*BURST_LEN){1'b0}}, gotB, elapsedB);
tests = tests + 1;
if (gotA !== wpat) begin
$display("FAIL (base) addr=%0d: got=%h expected=%h", a, gotA, wpat);
errors = errors + 1;
end
if (gotB !== wpat) begin
$display("FAIL (combined) addr=%0d: got=%h expected=%h", a, gotB, wpat);
errors = errors + 1;
end
if (gotA === wpat && gotB === wpat) begin
$display("PASS addr=%0d: both bit-exact (base=%0d cyc, combined=%0d cyc)", a, elapsedA, elapsedB);
end
end
endtask
integer seed;
integer i;
reg [ADDR_WIDTH-1:0] rnd_addr;
initial begin
errors = 0; tests = 0; cyc = 0; seed = 32'hC0DE1234;
rst_slow = 1; rst_fast = 1;
reqA = 0; wrA = 0; addrA = 0; wdataA = 0; wmaskA = 0;
reqB = 0; wrB = 0; addrB = 0; wdataB = 0; wmaskB = 0;
repeat(10) @(posedge clk_slow);
repeat(10) @(posedge clk_fast);
rst_slow = 0; rst_fast = 0;
@(posedge clk_slow);
while (busyA || busyB) @(posedge clk_slow);
$display("=== TEST 1: correctness battery (base vs combined) ===");
check_word_both({ADDR_WIDTH{1'b0}}, 16'hA5A5);
for (i = 0; i < 8; i = i + 1)
check_word_both(i*BURST_LEN, 16'h1000 + i);
for (i = 0; i < 4; i = i + 1)
check_word_both((i << ALIGN_BITS) + (100 << (ALIGN_BITS+BANK_BITS)), 16'h2000 + i);
for (i = 0; i < 24; i = i + 1) begin
rnd_addr = ($random(seed) % ((1<<ADDR_WIDTH)/BURST_LEN)) * BURST_LEN;
check_word_both(rnd_addr, 16'h3000 + i);
end
$display(" TEST 1: %0d/%0d passed so far", tests-errors, tests);
$display("=== TEST 2: real measured COMBINED speedup, same-row sequential (real weight-fetch pattern) ===");
begin : test2
integer j, N_TILES;
reg [ADDR_WIDTH-1:0] base_addr, ta;
reg [16*BURST_LEN-1:0] tw, gA, gB;
integer eA, eB, totA, totB, t0A, t0B;
N_TILES = 32;
base_addr = (200 << (ALIGN_BITS+BANK_BITS));
for (j = 0; j < N_TILES; j = j + 1) begin
ta = base_addr + (j << ALIGN_BITS);
tw = {BURST_LEN{16'(16'h4000 + j)}};
do_txn_A(1'b1, ta, tw, gA, eA);
do_txn_B(1'b1, ta, tw, gB, eB);
end
@(posedge clk_slow); while (busyA) @(posedge clk_slow);
t0A = cyc;
for (j = 0; j < N_TILES; j = j + 1) begin
ta = base_addr + (j << ALIGN_BITS);
do_txn_A(1'b0, ta, {(16*BURST_LEN){1'b0}}, gA, eA);
end
totA = cyc - t0A;
@(posedge clk_slow); while (busyB) @(posedge clk_slow);
t0B = cyc;
for (j = 0; j < N_TILES; j = j + 1) begin
ta = base_addr + (j << ALIGN_BITS);
do_txn_B(1'b0, ta, {(16*BURST_LEN){1'b0}}, gB, eB);
tests = tests + 1;
if (gB !== {BURST_LEN{16'(16'h4000 + j)}}) begin
$display("FAIL TEST2 tile=%0d: combined got=%h", j, gB);
errors = errors + 1;
end
end
totB = cyc - t0B;
$display(" base (64MHz, always precharge) : %0d cycles for %0d sequential same-row reads", totA, N_TILES);
$display(" combined (64/115.2MHz CDC + page-hit) : %0d cycles for %0d sequential same-row reads", totB, N_TILES);
$display(" REAL measured COMBINED speedup : %0f x", totA * 1.0 / totB);
end
$display("=== TEST 3: refresh spanning while row open, ACROSS clock domains (watch for VIOLATION/WARNING) ===");
begin : test3
integer j;
reg [ADDR_WIDTH-1:0] ta;
reg [16*BURST_LEN-1:0] tw, gB;
integer eB;
ta = (500 << (ALIGN_BITS+BANK_BITS));
for (j = 0; j < 80; j = j + 1) begin
tw = {BURST_LEN{16'(16'h7000 + j)}};
do_txn_B(1'b1, ta, tw, gB, eB);
do_txn_B(1'b0, ta, {(16*BURST_LEN){1'b0}}, gB, eB);
tests = tests + 1;
if (gB !== tw) begin
$display("FAIL TEST3 iter=%0d: got=%h expected=%h", j, gB, tw);
errors = errors + 1;
end
end
$display(" TEST3: 80 same-row write/read pairs completed spanning real tREFI, across clock domains");
end
$display("=== %0d/%0d tests, %0d errors ===", tests-errors, tests, errors);
if (errors == 0) $display("ALL TESTS PASSED (tb_sdram_cdc_bridge_openrow)");
$finish;
end
endmodule