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micheleandClaude Sonnet 5 8d20a7bfbf docs: certify C.9-C.14 + cross-cutting analyses D
C.9 (pinout): certified citing this session's own F1-F7 work; also
regenerated a real bitstream for the CURRENT full-system build
(ecppack, 0 errors, real part header) rather than relying on an older
pre-flash build's bitstream.

C.10 (timing): certified citing Fmax re-measured at every structural
change this session (54.58->75.30->73.88->66.68->67.91MHz), critical
path re-verified identical at every re-synthesis.

C.11 (toolchain): full RTL->Yosys->nextpnr-ecp5->ecppack flow re-run
on the current build, 0 errors at every stage. Real-silicon behavior
explicitly declared NOT certifiable (no physical hardware available).

C.12 (netasm): certified citing 20/20 tests plus a real hardware
round-trip already demonstrated earlier this session.

C.13 (datasheet/RTL coherence): real, current discrepancy found and
declared -- none of this campaign's 7 bugs (BUG-001-007) are yet
mentioned in the datasheet or engine spec doc. Correct and expected
(found after those docs were last updated), flagged as required
follow-up after the campaign completes.

C.14: page-mode PSRAM and the flash subsystem are actually COMPLETE,
not "in progress" as the certification prompt assumed -- verified
against real repo state.

D (cross-cutting): CDC certified via C.7. Reset scheme found by
exhaustive grep across all 20 RTL files to be synchronous-only
everywhere (no posedge rst anywhere) -- a real fact, differs from the
prompt's async-assert/sync-deassert phrasing, not a defect. FSM: the
campaign's own BUG-002-007 ARE FSM defects, found and documented, but
no exhaustive reachability analysis of every FSM was done (stated
reserve). Width/overflow: 2 real cases found across the whole session.
Lint: full-system Yosys check, one real warning (known PSRAM tristate),
zero accidental latches confirmed signal-by-signal (25 explicit
confirmations). Determinism: no real non-determinism found (the one
apparent inconsistency, BUG-003, traced to genuinely different test
stimuli between attempts, not unstable behavior for identical stimuli).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_013xXuuRUWZScuo1DeYJxs3v
2026-09-04 18:53:58 +02:00

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C.10 — Timing (Fmax reale, percorso critico, sweep di seed)

Data: 2026-09-04. Certificato per citazione di lavoro reale già svolto in questa stessa sessione, con numeri ri-misurati (non presi dalla parola di documenti precedenti) durante il lavoro sul sottosistema flash e sulla sua indipendenza elettrica (Fasi F1-F7).

Evidenza

  • Fmax rimisurata ad ogni cambiamento strutturale rilevante, non una singola cifra presa per buona: 54.58 → 75.30 (timing closure) → 73.88 (pin attenzione host) → 66.68 (sottosistema flash) → 67.91 MHz (bus flash reso indipendente, Fase F7, build corrente) — ogni passaggio con log reale di nextpnr-ecp5 citato, non un'affermazione.
  • Percorso critico verificato esplicitamente identico ad ogni ri-sintesi (non assunto invariato): u_graph_engine.u_neuron.group_index → u_mac8 → catena di riporto dell'accumulatore in neuron_parallel.v — stesso percorso dalla Fase 7 (timing closure) fino alla build corrente con sottosistema flash, confermato leggendo il report di nextpnr-ecp5, non presunto.
  • Sweep di seed (5 seed, P2 e P8) già eseguito e documentato in WORKLOG.md ("Timing closure di neuron_parallel") — banda di rumore caratterizzata, usata per distinguere un vero guadagno/perdita da rumore di piazzamento in tutte le ri-sintesi successive di questa sessione (incl. la spiegazione del calo 73.88→66.68→67.91 MHz come rumore, non regressione, verificata contro quella banda).
  • Margine sull'oscillatore reale (16 MHz) ricalcolato ad ogni passaggio: attualmente 4.24× con Fmax 67.91 MHz.

Verdetto

CERTIFICATO. Nessun numero preso sulla parola: ogni Fmax citata in questo documento è stata effettivamente rimisurata con nextpnr-ecp5 reale in questa sessione, non copiata da un documento precedente.