// Copyright lowRISC contributors. // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0, see LICENSE for details. // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 /** * Branch Predictor * * This implements static branch prediction. It takes an instruction and its PC and determines if * it's a branch or a jump and calculates its target. For jumps it will always predict taken. For * branches it will predict taken if the PC offset is negative. * * This handles both compressed and uncompressed instructions. Compressed instructions must be in * the lower 16-bits of instr. * * The predictor is entirely combinational but takes clk/rst_n signals for use by assertions. */ `include "prim_assert.sv" module cve2_branch_predict ( input logic clk_i, input logic rst_ni, // Instruction from fetch stage input logic [31:0] fetch_rdata_i, input logic [31:0] fetch_pc_i, input logic fetch_valid_i, // Prediction for supplied instruction output logic predict_branch_taken_o, output logic [31:0] predict_branch_pc_o ); import cve2_pkg::*; logic [31:0] imm_j_type; logic [31:0] imm_b_type; logic [31:0] imm_cj_type; logic [31:0] imm_cb_type; logic [31:0] branch_imm; logic [31:0] instr; logic instr_j; logic instr_b; logic instr_cj; logic instr_cb; logic instr_b_taken; // Provide short internal name for fetch_rdata_i due to reduce line wrapping assign instr = fetch_rdata_i; // Extract and sign-extend to 32-bit the various immediates that may be used to calculate the // target // Uncompressed immediates assign imm_j_type = { {12{instr[31]}}, instr[19:12], instr[20], instr[30:21], 1'b0 }; assign imm_b_type = { {19{instr[31]}}, instr[31], instr[7], instr[30:25], instr[11:8], 1'b0 }; // Compressed immediates assign imm_cj_type = { {20{instr[12]}}, instr[12], instr[8], instr[10:9], instr[6], instr[7], instr[2], instr[11], instr[5:3], 1'b0 }; assign imm_cb_type = { {23{instr[12]}}, instr[12], instr[6:5], instr[2], instr[11:10], instr[4:3], 1'b0}; // Determine if the instruction is a branch or a jump // Uncompressed branch/jump assign instr_b = opcode_e'(instr[6:0]) == OPCODE_BRANCH; assign instr_j = opcode_e'(instr[6:0]) == OPCODE_JAL; // Compressed branch/jump assign instr_cb = (instr[1:0] == 2'b01) & ((instr[15:13] == 3'b110) | (instr[15:13] == 3'b111)); assign instr_cj = (instr[1:0] == 2'b01) & ((instr[15:13] == 3'b101) | (instr[15:13] == 3'b001)); // Select out the branch offset for target calculation based upon the instruction type always_comb begin branch_imm = imm_b_type; unique case (1'b1) instr_j : branch_imm = imm_j_type; instr_b : branch_imm = imm_b_type; instr_cj : branch_imm = imm_cj_type; instr_cb : branch_imm = imm_cb_type; default : ; endcase end `ASSERT_IF(BranchInsTypeOneHot, $onehot0({instr_j, instr_b, instr_cj, instr_cb}), fetch_valid_i) // Determine branch prediction, taken if offset is negative assign instr_b_taken = (instr_b & imm_b_type[31]) | (instr_cb & imm_cb_type[31]); // Always predict jumps taken otherwise take prediction from `instr_b_taken` assign predict_branch_taken_o = fetch_valid_i & (instr_j | instr_cj | instr_b_taken); // Calculate target assign predict_branch_pc_o = fetch_pc_i + branch_imm; endmodule