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- Researched RISC-V as a potential processor to port OS Xinu over to. | - Researched RISC-V as a potential processor to port OS Xinu over to. | ||
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| − | + | - Advantage: Open-Source license that does not require fees to use | |
| − | + | - Advantage: Creating a custom chip is easier | |
| − | + | - Advantage: Base module is extremely limited, allowing customization/optimization. | |
Revision as of 16:53, 3 June 2022
Max Berner Marquette REU Summer 2022 Advisor: Dr. Brylow
5/31 Orientation Day
- Met the cohort, mentor, and research group.
- Reviewed potential subjects of research
- Exploring CS - Virgil Programming Language - RISC-V Architecture
- Researched RISC-V as a potential processor to port OS Xinu over to.
6/1
Further research into RISC-V
- RISC refers to Reduced Instruction Set Computer - Advantage: Open-Source license that does not require fees to use - Advantage: Creating a custom chip is easier - Advantage: Base module is extremely limited, allowing customization/optimization.
Creating a custom chip is easier as well. - Advantage: Base module has only integer registers. The very limited modules allow for customization and optimization - Advantage: Power efficient, magnitudes less energy than CISC models. Has the ability to turn off individual cores and parallel compute. - Disadvantage: Not many purchasable, brand-name RISC-V processors available. The market is flooded with less trustworthy options at its current state. - Disadvantage: With only simple instructions available, complex tasks (i.e. video editing) are much slower with only RISC-V architecture. (This does allow for a higher core-density in a physical chip though).
