RISC-V Processor Design Beyond the Basics: Advanced Pipeline Control, Hazard Resolution, Memory Systems, Verification, and FPGA Implementation (Practical RISC-V Design Series)

RISC-V Processor Design Beyond the Basics

Advanced Pipeline Control, Hazard Resolution, Memory Systems, Verification, and FPGA Implementation

Take your RISC-V knowledge further and explore the engineering challenges involved in developing reliable, efficient processor systems.

In this practical guide, Alexander Holt examines the internal behavior of pipelined CPUs and the techniques used to analyze, verify, and improve processor implementations.

You will explore:

• Advanced pipeline control and hazard resolution.

• Forwarding, stalls, flushes, and branch handling.

• Memory interfaces, load/store behavior, and peripherals.

• Verilog RTL architecture and processor integration.

• Architectural testing, reference-model comparison, and debugging.

• Exceptions, interrupts, and control and status registers.

• Performance analysis, FPGA synthesis, and timing optimization.

Ideal for readers with foundational knowledge of CPU architecture and Verilog, this book emphasizes practical engineering methods, systematic verification, and FPGA-based processor development.

Move beyond basic implementation and develop the skills to analyze, test, and improve RISC-V processor designs.

Understand the pipeline. Verify the design. Engineer better processors.