Multi-tile configuration of CachePool#10
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- pass core wstrb into cachepool_cache_ctrl and use per-byte bank enables - map wide line SRAMs to byte-wide BE slices in cachepool_tile - bump 512b line tag/meta width to avoid truncation with byte masks - update local build/sim overrides used to run the modified insitu-cache
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…nd update the load-store tests.
…o 1866 to match the interconnection bandwidth.
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Overview
This PR introduces the multi-tile configuration of the CachePool cluster, extending the architecture from a single-tile design to a scalable multi-tile system. The default configuration is updated to 4 tiles with 16 cores total.
Features
Group Hierarchy
A new
Grouplevel is introduced between the Tile and Cluster, containing a configurable number of Tiles connected via a crossbar. This enables scaling the core count and cache capacity beyond a single tile while keeping inter-tile communication latency bounded.Peripheral Reorganization
Memory-mapped registers and peripherals (including the bootrom) are moved out of the Spatz cluster and fully into CachePool at the cluster level. This centralizes control and simplifies the per-tile design. A new register is added to configure the private cache partition start address.
Two-Level Hardware Barrier
A two-level hardware barrier replaces the previous single-level barrier to support global synchronization across all tiles in a group. The first level synchronizes cores within a tile; the second level synchronizes across tiles.
Cache Bank Partitioning
The L1 cache banks can now be partitioned at runtime between a shared pool (accessible cluster-wide via the interconnect) and a private partition (local to each tile). Three configurations are currently supported, with more planned:
Partitioning is controlled via a memory-mapped register (
l1d_private). The interconnect (tcdm_cache_interco) uses a runtime-configurable address rotation scheme to present a dense index space to each cache bank regardless of partition mode, preserving full SRAM utilization. The refill unit applies the inverse rotation before issuing misses to the NoC.