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micheleandClaude Sonnet 5 5f0d7f101c feat(v2): M3 activation/weight/result buffers, real BRAM mapping
Implements M3: three parametric dual-port buffers for the §12
data-plane (Input/Weight/Result), reusing the proven BRAM-inference
idiom from the frozen hardware/v1/rtl/act_buffer.v (synchronous write,
synchronous REGISTERED read, no reset on the read register -- keeps
Yosys off the LUT-RAM path).

Verified with Verilator: 10/10 tests pass (write-then-read
correctness, extreme INT8 round-tripping, weight_buffer's full 64-bit
tile width round-tripping, undisturbed re-reads).

Real synthesis at two depths per module (6 configs total): 0 CHECK
problems, every configuration correctly infers DP16KD (never
LUT-RAM). Non-obvious real finding: weight_buffer's BRAM cost is
driven by its P_IN*DATA_WIDTH tile width, not its DEPTH -- an 8x depth
reduction (512->64) left DP16KD usage unchanged at 2, while
activation_buffer/result_buffer (byte-wide) scale as naively expected
(2->1). All default-depth configs PASS at 80MHz with large margin
(287-367 MHz) via real nextpnr-ecp5 place&route.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_013xXuuRUWZScuo1DeYJxs3v
2026-09-05 14:19:11 +02:00

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FPGA-Neural V2 — stato roadmap

Fonte del mandato: docs/v2-description.md (root del repository). Baseline funzionale/numerica/bit-exact: hardware/v1/ (frozen, sola lettura — vedi hardware/v1/README.md).

Legenda: [ ] non iniziato · [~] in corso · [x] completo (sim+synth+timing reali, non solo scritto).

  • M1 — Neural Processor (hardware/v2/rtl/neural_processor.v, P8). Bit-exact vs V1 (7/7 test, Verilator), pipeline a 8 stadi funzionante, throughput reale (1 tile/ciclo). Sintesi reale: 0 problemi CHECK, Fmax 183.12 MHz (ACC_WIDTH=32) — vedi logs/experiments.log EXP-0001/EXP-0002, logs/errors.log per 3 bug reali trovati e risolti (2 del toolchain Icarus, 1 RTL).
  • M2 — Processor Array (neural_processor_array.v). 1/2/4/8 processor testati (sim concorrenza reale + sintesi/P&R reali). Fmax sempre PASS a 80MHz (159.11→134.70 MHz). Scoperta: il DSP (MULT18X18D), non LUT/FF, satura per primo (88% a N=8) — vedi logs/decisions.log DEC-0005.
  • M3 — Buffers (activation_buffer.v, weight_buffer.v, result_buffer.v). Tutti inferiscono DP16KD reale (10/10 test, 6/6 config sintetizzate 0 problemi). Scoperta: il costo BRAM di weight_buffer e' guidato da P_IN (larghezza), non da DEPTH.
  • M4 — Memory Manager (memory_manager.v, prefetch_engine.v), backend PSRAM V1 riusato senza modifiche.
  • M5 — Neural Director (neural_director.v), scheduling first-free.
  • M6 — Dependency Manager (dependency_manager.v), ready/waiting queue, dependency counters, wake-up, producer tracking.
  • M7 — Dataflow Core (dataflow_core.v), integrazione completa.
  • M8 — PSRAM integration, controller V1 non modificato, misura reale.
  • M9 — Full benchmark, tabella V1 vs V2 (§32 del mandato).
  • M10 — Optimization, solo sulla base dei dati raccolti in M1-M9.

Log

Vedi hardware/v2/logs/ (development.log per la cronologia di sessione, decisions.log per le decisioni architetturali con motivazione, experiments.log per ogni EXP-XXXX end-to-end).

Regole non negoziabili attive (§34 del mandato, per riferimento rapido)

  1. V1 (hardware/v1/) rimane intatta — mai modificata.
  2. V2 vive esclusivamente sotto hardware/v2/.
  3. Nessun risultato inventato: THEORETICAL vs SIMULATED vs SYNTHESIZED vs POST-P&R sempre etichettati esplicitamente.
  4. Ogni modifica/esperimento/decisione registrata nei log, mai persa.
  5. Ogni esperimento ha un ID univoco, mai riutilizzato — anche i FAIL restano.