Occamy

This repository hosts the hardware and software for the Occamy system-on-chip and its generator. Occamy is a high-efficiency system-on-chip coupling a CVA6 Linux-capable manager core with a many-core accelerator for compute-intensive floating-point workloads, building on the Snitch cluster architecture. It is developed as part of the PULP project, a joint effort between ETH Zurich and the University of Bologna.

Getting Started

To get started, check out the getting started guide.

Content

What can you expect to find in this repository?

• The Occamy system-on-chip generator and hardware sources.
• A runtime and example applications for Occamy.
• An RTL simulation environment for Questa Advanced Simulator.

This code was previously hosted in the Snitch monorepo and was spun off into its own repository to simplify maintenance and dependency handling. The Snitch cluster, on which the Occamy accelerator is based upon, has also moved to its own repo.

License

Occamy is being made available under permissive open source licenses.

The following files are released under Apache License 2.0 (Apache-2.0) see LICENSE:

• sw/
• util/

The following files are released under Solderpad v0.51 (SHL-0.51) see hw/LICENSE:

• hw/

Getting start for SNAX platform simulation & prototyping

⚠️Tips: All commands is made at the root dir of the Occamy repo.

Prototype the system on FPGA:

Option 1: Occamy configuration on VCU128 (Bootrom and DRAM from Xilinx IP)

@ Occamy Docker: make bootrom
@ Occamy Docker: make sw
@ Occamy Docker: make -C target/fpga/sw [APP=???] (Which binary file you want to use)
@ SNAX Docker: make rtl CFG_OVERRIDE=target/rtl/cfg/occamy_cfg/hemaia.hjson (Can be modified to other configurations)
@ SNAX Docker: make occamy_system_vivado_preparation
@ Barnard3: make occamy_system_vcu128
@ Barnard3: make occamy_system_vcu128_gui

Option 2: HeMAiA configuration on VPK180 (Tapeout configuration, everything is internal)

@ Occamy Docker: make bootrom
@ Occamy Docker: make sw
@ Occamy Docker: make -C target/fpga/sw [APP=???] (Which binary file you want to use)
@ SNAX Docker: make rtl CFG_OVERRIDE=target/rtl/cfg/occamy_cfg/hemaia.hjson (Can be modified to other configurations)
@ SNAX Docker: make hemaia_system_vivado_preparation
@ Barnard3: make hemaia_system_vivado TARGET_PLATFORM={vpk180, vcu128}
@ Barnard3: make hemaia_system_vivado_gui

Simulate the system:

Option 1: Simulate with Verilator

@ Occamy Docker: make bootrom
@ Occamy Docker: make sw
@ SNAX Docker: make rtl CFG_OVERRIDE=target/rtl/cfg/occamy_cfg/hemaia.hjson (Can be modified to other configurations)
@ SNAX Docker: make occamy_system_vlt
@ SNAX Docker: target/sim/bin/occamy_top.vlt [Elf location] [--vcd]

Option 2: Simulate with Questasim

@ Occamy Docker: make bootrom
@ Occamy Docker: make sw
@ SNAX Docker: make rtl CFG_OVERRIDE=target/rtl/cfg/occamy_cfg/hemaia.hjson (Can be modified to other configurations)
@ SNAX Docker: make occamy_system_vsim_preparation
@ Barnard3: make occamy_system_vsim
@ Barnard3: target/sim/bin/occamy_top.vsim[.gui] [Elf location]