# Montreal A RISC-V RV32E processor designed for TinyTapeout. ## [RV32E](https://docs.riscv.org/reference/isa/unpriv/unpriv-index.html) Reduces number of integer registers to 16 general-purpose registers (x0-x15). Upper 16 registers consume around one quarter of the total area of the core excluding memories, thus their removal saves around 25% core area with a corresponding core power reduction. Each register is 32 bits wide. | Register | Description | Purpose | | -------- | ----------- | ------- | | x0 | dedicated zero | Source operand for value 0. | | x1 | return address | Written by JAL/JALR. Holds address to be returned to once a function returns. Must be saved to stack before calling another function. | | x2 | stack pointer | Always points to top of the stack in RAM. Decremented to allocate space, incremented to free it. CALLEE must restore it BEFORE returning. | | x3 | global pointer | | | x4 | thread pointer | | | x5 | alternate link reg | Second link register for nested JAL sequences. Caller must save if needed across a call. | | x6 | general scratch reg | | | x7 | general scratch reg | | | x8 | frame pointer | | | x9 | saved register | | | x10 | first function argument | Also used to return integer results from function. | | x11 | second function argument | | | x12 | third function argument | | | x13 | fourth function argument | | | x14 | fifth function argument | | | x15 | sixth function argument | | | pc | program counter | Address of current instruction | ## INSTRUCTION SET ### Formats ``` 31 25 24 20 19 15 14 12 11 7 6 0 +----------+--------+--------+-------+--------+----------+ R | funct7 | rs2 | rs1 | funct3| rd | opcode | +----------+--------+--------+-------+--------+----------+ (src2) (src1) (dest) +-------------------+--------+-------+--------+----------+ I | imm[11:0] | rs1 | funct3| rd | opcode | +-------------------+--------+-------+--------+----------+ (src) (dest) +----------+--------+--------+-------+--------+----------+ I-sh | imm[11:5]|imm[4:0]| rs1 | funct3| rd | opcode | +----------+--------+--------+-------+--------+----------+ (src) (dest) ``` I-sh is the shift variant of I-type: `imm[11:5]` acts as a discriminator (like `funct7`), and `imm[4:0]` is the shift amount (shamt). ### R-Type (Register-to-register) | Instruction | Description | Encoding (`funct7` \| `funct3` \| `opcode`) | | ----------- | ----------- | ------------------------------------------ | | ADD | Add two registers and store the result in rd. | `0000000` \| `000` \| `0110011` | | SUB | Subtract rs2 from rs1 and store the result in rd. | `0100000` \| `000` \| `0110011` | | SLL | Shift rs1 left by the amount in rs2 (logical), store result in rd. | `0000000` \| `001` \| `0110011` | | SLT | Set rd to 1 if rs1 < rs2 (signed), otherwise 0. | `0000000` \| `010` \| `0110011` | | SLTU | Set rd to 1 if rs1 < rs2 (unsigned), otherwise 0. | `0000000` \| `011` \| `0110011` | | XOR | Bitwise XOR of rs1 and rs2, result in rd. | `0000000` \| `100` \| `0110011` | | SRL | Shift rs1 right by the amount in rs2 (logical), store result in rd. | `0000000` \| `101` \| `0110011` | | SRA | Shift rs1 right by the amount in rs2 (arithmetic), sign-extend result into rd. | `0100000` \| `101` \| `0110011` | | OR | Bitwise OR of rs1 and rs2, result in rd. | `0000000` \| `110` \| `0110011` | | AND | Bitwise AND of rs1 and rs2, result in rd. | `0000000` \| `111` \| `0110011` | ### I-Type (Immediate) #### OP-IMM — Integer immediate ops (opcode `0010011`) | Instruction | Description | Encoding (`imm[11:0]` \| `funct3` \| `opcode`) | | ----------- | ----------- | ----------------------------------------------- | | ADDI | Add sign-extended 12-bit immediate to rs1, store in rd. | imm \| `000` \| `0010011` | | SLTI | Set rd to 1 if rs1 < sign-extended imm (signed), else 0. | imm \| `010` \| `0010011` | | SLTIU | Set rd to 1 if rs1 < sign-extended imm (unsigned), else 0. | imm \| `011` \| `0010011` | | XORI | Bitwise XOR of rs1 and sign-extended imm, result in rd. | imm \| `100` \| `0010011` | | ORI | Bitwise OR of rs1 and sign-extended imm, result in rd. | imm \| `110` \| `0010011` | | ANDI | Bitwise AND of rs1 and sign-extended imm, result in rd. | imm \| `111` \| `0010011` | ##### Shifting Instructions that carry an encoding disciminator in `imm[11:5]` | Instruction | Description | Encoding (`imm[11:5]`\| `funct3` \| `opcode`) | | ----------- | ----------- | ----------------------------------------------- | | SLLI | Shift rs1 left by shamt (`imm[4:0]`), logical, store in rd. | `0000000` \| `001` \| `0010011` | | SRLI | Shift rs1 right by shamt (`imm[4:0]`), logical, store in rd. | `0000000` \| `101` \| `0010011` | | SRAI | Shift rs1 right by shamt (`imm[4:0]`), arithmetic, store in rd. | `0100000` \| `101` \| `0010011` |