University of California at Berkeley
College of Engineering
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

CS61C, Fall 2011

Logisim ALU



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In this assignment, you will implement a 16 bit ALU in logisim. This lab assignment is part of the CPU design project; hopefully by getting a headstart here in lab, Project 4 will go a bit smoother!

Functions

The nine functions that you will implement are: add, subtract, OR, AND, shift left logical, shift right logical, shift right arithmetic, set less than, and EQUAL. The ALU will perform a desired function on two 16-bit inputs (A and B, where a0 is the lowest order bit for A, etc...) and output the result (RESULT). The function will be determined by the value of a control signal (S), as listed below.

In addition to the 16 bits of output provided in RESULT, three additional outputs will be provided: unsigned overflow, signed overflow and equal. Unsigned overflow will have a high value iff the command was an add and unsigned overflow occured. Signed overflow will have a high value iff the command was an add or a subtract, and signed overflow occured. (You need not worry about unsigned overflow for subtractions.) Equal will have a high value when the two inputs are IDENTICAL, and will have a low value at all other times. Notice how the equals signal is generated REGARDLESS of the value of the control signal S.

For the shift instructions detailed below (sll, srl, sra), the shift amount is ONLY the 4 least significant bits of B. You can ignore the other bits of B.

Here's what occurs for each operation:

S opp Result
000 or A | B
001 and A & B
010 add A + B (signal if either type of overflow occurs)
011 sub A - B (signal if signed overflow occurs)
100 sll A << B[3:0] (but logically, don't sign extend!)
101 srl A >> B[3:0] (but logically, don't sign extend!)
110 sra A >> B[3:0] (but arithmetically, do sign extend!)
111 slt if (A < B) //Treat X and Y as SIGNED!
then result = 1
else result = 0
XXX eq A == B (Have this value be on the equals output regardless of selection)

On Built-in logic blocks

As we will not be grading this assignment, we obviously cannot enforce any restrictions on which logic blocks you use. (UPDATE/CORRECTION: Whoops! That line was included mistakenly -- previous years have not graded this lab, but we will be checking it off just like any other. We still won't be setting up logic block restrictions.) In addition, in project 4, you will have no restrictions on what logic blocks you may use. That said, we think you will get the most out of this assignment if, and therefore strongly encourage you to, only use tools from the "Base" and "Gates" libraries in Logisim. You can always strip out your homebrew adder and replace it with a logisim-adder based version if you're feeling nervous about your implementation.

You will not need any items from the Memory library. Your ALU should be stateless. We reserve the right to dock points on Project 4 for unjustifiable design decisions.

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