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Taming Offload Overheads in a Massively Parallel Open-Source RISC-V MPSoC: Analysis and Optimization

Abstract This study analyzes and optimizes the significant synchronization and communication overheads associated with offloading fine-grained tasks in heterogeneous, massively parallel RISC-V MPSoCs, specifically using the open-source Occamy platform. Through a co-designed approach,

By Admin 9 May 2025 • 2 min read •

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Flexing RISC-V Instruction Subset Processors to Extreme Edge (Full Report)

By Admin 7 May 2025 • 3 min read •

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Flexing RISC-V Instruction Subset Processors to Extreme Edge

Abstract This paper introduces an automated methodology for creating RISC-V Instruction Subset Processors (RISSPs) specifically tailored for power and area-constrained Extreme Edge applications, including those using flexible integrated circuits (FlexICs). The approach treats

By Admin 7 May 2025 • 2 min read •

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Hardware vs. Software Implementation of Warp-Level Features in Vortex RISC-V GPU (Full Report)

By Admin 6 May 2025 • 3 min read •

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Hardware vs. Software Implementation of Warp-Level Features in Vortex RISC-V GPU

Abstract This paper investigates two approaches—hardware acceleration and pure software implementation—for incorporating modern, non-SPMD warp-level features into RISC-V GPUs, specifically using the Vortex architecture. The evaluation demonstrates that implementing these features

By Admin 6 May 2025 • 1 min read •

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Open Challenges for a Production-ready Cloud Environment on top of RISC-V hardware (Full Report)

By Admin 5 May 2025 • 3 min read •

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Open Challenges for a Production-ready Cloud Environment on top of RISC-V hardware

Abstract This article, stemming from the Vitamin-V European project, investigates the necessary steps to create a functional, production-ready cloud environment leveraging RISC-V hardware. The authors describe the creation of a prototype RISC-V cluster

By Admin 5 May 2025 • 1 min read •

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The Open-Source BlackParrot-BedRock Cache Coherence System (Full Report)

By Admin 2 May 2025 • 3 min read •

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The Open-Source BlackParrot-BedRock Cache Coherence System

Abstract This work introduces the open-source BlackParrot-BedRock (BP-BedRock) cache coherence system, built upon the novel BedRock protocol that utilizes canonical MOESIF states while eliminating complex transient states to simplify verification. The research evaluates

By Admin 2 May 2025 • 2 min read •

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Hardware/Software Co-Design of RISC-V Extensions for Accelerating Sparse DNNs on FPGAs (Full Report)

By Admin 28 Apr 2025 • 3 min read •

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Hardware/Software Co-Design of RISC-V Extensions for Accelerating Sparse DNNs on FPGAs

Abstract This paper proposes novel RISC-V instruction set extensions designed through hardware/software co-design to efficiently accelerate sparse Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) on FPGAs. The design introduces custom functional units: one leveraging reserved

By Admin 28 Apr 2025 • 2 min read •

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Zoozve: A Strip-Mining-Free RISC-V Vector Extension with Arbitrary Register Grouping Compilation Support (WIP) (Full Report)

By Admin 22 Apr 2025 • 3 min read •