risc-v 5 stage pipelined processor

This project is a System Verilog implementation of a 5-stage pipelined RISC-V processor. The pipelining technique is a fundamental concept in modern processor design, enabling improved instruction throughput and performance by overlapping instruction execution stages.

Project Overview

The pipelined processor implementation showcases the organization of a processor into five distinct stages: Fetch, Decode, Execute, Memory, and Writeback. Each stage is responsible for a specific part of the instruction execution process, allowing multiple instructions to be in different stages of execution simultaneously.

Processor Architecture

The processor architecture follows the RISC-V instruction set, a popular open-source architecture designed for simplicity and modularity. The pipelining technique enables instruction-level parallelism, where instructions can progress through different stages simultaneously. This approach enhances the overall throughput of the processor.

GitHub Repository

You can explore the source code and documentation for the pipelined processor on the GitHub repository pipelined-processor. Dive into the code to understand how pipelining improves performance and learn about the intricacies of organizing a processor into distinct stages.

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Note: This pipelined processor implementation is designed to showcase the concept of pipelining and may not include all advanced features of a high-performance pipelined processor.