CS61C, Fall 2010
In this assignment, you will implement a 16 bit ALU in logisim. This assignment is an optional lab meant to get you thinking about serious logic design. It will not be graded, but it is highly recommended that you complete it. This lab was once a homework assignment that built up to the CPU design project.
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 (X and Y, where x0 is the lowest order bit for x, 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 Y. You can ignore the other bits of Y.
Here's what occurs for each operation:
S | opp | Result |
---|---|---|
000 | or | X | Y |
001 | and | X & Y |
010 | add | X + Y (signal if either type of overflow occurs) |
011 | sub | X - Y (signal if signed overflow occurs) |
100 | sll | X << Y (but logically, don't sign extend!) |
101 | srl | X >> Y (but logically, don't sign extend!) |
110 | sra | X >> Y (but arithmetically, do sign extend!) |
111 | slt | if (X < Y) //Treat X and Y as SIGNED! then result = 1 else result = 0 |
XXX | eq | X == Y (Have this value be on the equals output regardless of selection) |
As we will not be grading this assignment, we obviously cannot enforce any restrictions on which logic blocks you use. 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.