Applicability of this chapter to configurations:

This chapter is applicable to all CV32A6 configurations.

Configuration

Implementation

CV32A60AX

Implemented extension

CV32A60X

Implemented extension

CV64A6_MMU

Implemented extension

Note: CV64A6 implements RV64I that includes additional instructions.

RV32I Base Integer Instruction Set

This section describes the RV32I base integer instruction set.

Integer Register-Immediate Instructions

  • ADDI: Add Immediate

    Format: addi rd, rs1, imm[11:0]

    Description: add sign-extended 12-bit immediate to register rs1, and store the result in register rd.

    Pseudocode: x[rd] = x[rs1] + sext(imm[11:0])

    Invalid values: NONE

    Exception raised: NONE

  • ANDI: AND Immediate

    Format: andi rd, rs1, imm[11:0]

    Description: perform bitwise AND on register rs1 and the sign-extended 12-bit immediate and place the result in rd.

    Pseudocode: x[rd] = x[rs1] & sext(imm[11:0])

    Invalid values: NONE

    Exception raised: NONE

  • ORI: OR Immediate

    Format: ori rd, rs1, imm[11:0]

    Description: perform bitwise OR on register rs1 and the sign-extended 12-bit immediate and place the result in rd.

    Pseudocode: x[rd] = x[rs1] | sext(imm[11:0])

    Invalid values: NONE

    Exception raised: NONE

  • XORI: XOR Immediate

    Format: xori rd, rs1, imm[11:0]

    Description: perform bitwise XOR on register rs1 and the sign-extended 12-bit immediate and place the result in rd.

    Pseudocode: x[rd] = x[rs1] ^ sext(imm[11:0])

    Invalid values: NONE

    Exception raised: NONE

  • SLTI: Set Less Then Immediate

    Format: slti rd, rs1, imm[11:0]

    Description: set register rd to 1 if register rs1 is less than the sign extended immediate when both are treated as signed numbers, else 0 is written to rd.

    Pseudocode: if (x[rs1] < sext(imm[11:0]) x[rd] = 1 else x[rd] = 0

    Invalid values: NONE

    Exception raised: NONE

  • SLTIU: Set Less Then Immediate Unsigned

    Format: sltiu rd, rs1, imm[11:0]

    Description: set register rd to 1 if register rs1 is less than the sign extended immediate when both are treated as unsigned numbers, else 0 is written to rd.

    Pseudocode: if (x[rs1] <u sext(imm[11:0]) x[rd] = 1 else x[rd] = 0

    Invalid values: NONE

    Exception raised: NONE

  • SLLI: Shift Left Logic Immediate

    Format: slli rd, rs1, imm[4:0]

    Description: logical left shift (zeros are shifted into the lower bits).

    Pseudocode: x[rd] = x[rs1] << imm[4:0]

    Invalid values: NONE

    Exception raised: NONE

  • SRLI: Shift Right Logic Immediate

    Format: srli rd, rs1, imm[4:0]

    Description: logical right shift (zeros are shifted into the upper bits).

    Pseudocode: x[rd] = x[rs1] >> imm[4:0]

    Invalid values: NONE

    Exception raised: NONE

  • SRAI: Shift Right Arithmetic Immediate

    Format: srai rd, rs1, imm[4:0]

    Description: arithmetic right shift (the original sign bit is copied into the vacated upper bits).

    Pseudocode: x[rd] = x[rs1] >>s imm[4:0]

    Invalid values: NONE

    Exception raised: NONE

  • LUI: Load Upper Immediate

    Format: lui rd, imm[19:0]

    Description: place the immediate value in the top 20 bits of the destination register rd, filling in the lowest 12 bits with zeros.

    Pseudocode: x[rd] = sext(imm[31:12] << 12)

    Invalid values: NONE

    Exception raised: NONE

  • AUIPC: Add Upper Immediate to PC

    Format: auipc rd, imm[19:0]

    Description: form a 32-bit offset from the 20-bit immediate, filling in the lowest 12 bits with zeros, adds this offset to the pc, then place the result in register rd.

    Pseudocode: x[rd] = pc + sext(immediate[31:12] << 12)

    Invalid values: NONE

    Exception raised: NONE

Integer Register-Register Instructions

  • ADD: Addition

    Format: add rd, rs1, rs2

    Description: add rs2 to register rs1, and store the result in register rd.

    Pseudocode: x[rd] = x[rs1] + x[rs2]

    Invalid values: NONE

    Exception raised: NONE

  • SUB: Subtraction

    Format: sub rd, rs1, rs2

    Description: subtract rs2 from register rs1, and store the result in register rd.

    Pseudocode: x[rd] = x[rs1] - x[rs2]

    Invalid values: NONE

    Exception raised: NONE

  • AND: AND logical operator

    Format: and rd, rs1, rs2

    Description: perform bitwise AND on register rs1 and rs2 and place the result in rd.

    Pseudocode: x[rd] = x[rs1] & x[rs2]

    Invalid values: NONE

    Exception raised: NONE

  • OR: OR logical operator

    Format: or rd, rs1, rs2

    Description: perform bitwise OR on register rs1 and rs2 and place the result in rd.

    Pseudocode: x[rd] = x[rs1] | x[rs2]

    Invalid values: NONE

    Exception raised: NONE

  • XOR: XOR logical operator

    Format: xor rd, rs1, rs2

    Description: perform bitwise XOR on register rs1 and rs2 and place the result in rd.

    Pseudocode: x[rd] = x[rs1] ^ x[rs2]

    Invalid values: NONE

    Exception raised: NONE

  • SLT: Set Less Then

    Format: slt rd, rs1, rs2

    Description: set register rd to 1 if register rs1 is less than rs2 when both are treated as signed numbers, else 0 is written to rd.

    Pseudocode: if (x[rs1] < x[rs2]) x[rd] = 1 else x[rd] = 0

    Invalid values: NONE

    Exception raised: NONE

  • SLTU: Set Less Then Unsigned

    Format: sltu rd, rs1, rs2

    Description: set register rd to 1 if register rs1 is less than rs2 when both are treated as unsigned numbers, else 0 is written to rd.

    Pseudocode: if (x[rs1] <u x[rs2]) x[rd] = 1 else x[rd] = 0

    Invalid values: NONE

    Exception raised: NONE

  • SLL: Shift Left Logic

    Format: sll rd, rs1, rs2

    Description: logical left shift (zeros are shifted into the lower bits).

    Pseudocode: x[rd] = x[rs1] << x[rs2]

    Invalid values: NONE

    Exception raised: NONE

  • SRL: Shift Right Logic

    Format: srl rd, rs1, rs2

    Description: logical right shift (zeros are shifted into the upper bits).

    Pseudocode: x[rd] = x[rs1] >> x[rs2]

    Invalid values: NONE

    Exception raised: NONE

  • SRA: Shift Right Arithmetic

    Format: sra rd, rs1, rs2

    Description: arithmetic right shift (the original sign bit is copied into the vacated upper bits).

    Pseudocode: x[rd] = x[rs1] >>s x[rs2]

    Invalid values: NONE

    Exception raised: NONE

Control Transfer Instructions

Unconditional Jumps

  • JAL: Jump and Link

    Format: jal rd, imm[20:1]

    Description: offset is sign-extended and added to the pc to form the jump target address (pc is calculated using signed arithmetic), then setting the least-significant bit of the result to zero, and store the address of instruction following the jump (pc+4) into register rd.

    Pseudocode: x[rd] = pc+4; pc += sext(imm[20:1])

    Invalid values: NONE

    Exception raised: jumps to an unaligned address (4-byte or 2-byte boundary) will usually raise an exception.

  • JALR: Jump and Link Register

    Format: jalr rd, rs1, imm[11:0]

    Description: target address is obtained by adding the 12-bit signed immediate to the register rs1 (pc is calculated using signed arithmetic), then setting the least-significant bit of the result to zero, and store the address of instruction following the jump (pc+4) into register rd.

    Pseudocode: t = pc+4; pc = (x[rs1]+sext(imm[11:0]))&∼1 ; x[rd] = t

    Invalid values: NONE

    Exception raised: jumps to an unaligned address (4-byte or 2-byte boundary) will usually raise an exception.

Conditional Branches

  • BEQ: Branch Equal

    Format: beq rs1, rs2, imm[12:1]

    Description: takes the branch (pc is calculated using signed arithmetic) if registers rs1 and rs2 are equal.

    Pseudocode: if (x[rs1] == x[rs2]) pc += sext({imm[12:1], 1’b0}) else pc += 4

    Invalid values: NONE

    Exception raised: no instruction fetch misaligned exception is generated for a conditional branch that is not taken. An Instruction address misaligned exception is raised if the target address is not aligned on 4-byte or 2-byte boundary, because the core supports compressed instructions.

  • BNE: Branch Not Equal

    Format: bne rs1, rs2, imm[12:1]

    Description: takes the branch (pc is calculated using signed arithmetic) if registers rs1 and rs2 are not equal.

    Pseudocode: if (x[rs1] != x[rs2]) pc += sext({imm[12:1], 1’b0}) else pc += 4

    Invalid values: NONE

    Exception raised: no instruction fetch misaligned exception is generated for a conditional branch that is not taken. An Instruction address misaligned exception is raised if the target address is not aligned on 4-byte or 2-byte boundary, because the core supports compressed instructions.

  • BLT: Branch Less Than

    Format: blt rs1, rs2, imm[12:1]

    Description: takes the branch (pc is calculated using signed arithmetic) if registers rs1 less than rs2 (using signed comparison).

    Pseudocode: if (x[rs1] < x[rs2]) pc += sext({imm[12:1], 1’b0}) else pc += 4

    Invalid values: NONE

    Exception raised: no instruction fetch misaligned exception is generated for a conditional branch that is not taken. An Instruction address misaligned exception is raised if the target address is not aligned on 4-byte or 2-byte boundary, because the core supports compressed instructions.

  • BLTU: Branch Less Than Unsigned

    Format: bltu rs1, rs2, imm[12:1]

    Description: takes the branch (pc is calculated using signed arithmetic) if registers rs1 less than rs2 (using unsigned comparison).

    Pseudocode: if (x[rs1] <u x[rs2]) pc += sext({imm[12:1], 1’b0}) else pc += 4

    Invalid values: NONE

    Exception raised: no instruction fetch misaligned exception is generated for a conditional branch that is not taken. An Instruction address misaligned exception is raised if the target address is not aligned on 4-byte or 2-byte boundary, because the core supports compressed instructions.

  • BGE: Branch Greater or Equal

    Format: bge rs1, rs2, imm[12:1]

    Description: takes the branch (pc is calculated using signed arithmetic) if registers rs1 is greater than or equal rs2 (using signed comparison).

    Pseudocode: if (x[rs1] >= x[rs2]) pc += sext({imm[12:1], 1’b0}) else pc += 4

    Invalid values: NONE

    Exception raised: no instruction fetch misaligned exception is generated for a conditional branch that is not taken. An Instruction address misaligned exception is raised if the target address is not aligned on 4-byte or 2-byte boundary, because the core supports compressed instructions.

  • BGEU: Branch Greater or Equal Unsigned

    Format: bgeu rs1, rs2, imm[12:1]

    Description: takes the branch (pc is calculated using signed arithmetic) if registers rs1 is greater than or equal rs2 (using unsigned comparison).

    Pseudocode: if (x[rs1] >=u x[rs2]) pc += sext({imm[12:1], 1’b0}) else pc += 4

    Invalid values: NONE

    Exception raised: no instruction fetch misaligned exception is generated for a conditional branch that is not taken. An Instruction address misaligned exception is raised if the target address is not aligned on 4-byte or 2-byte boundary, because the core supports compressed instructions.

Load and Store Instructions

  • LB: Load Byte

    Format: lb rd, imm(rs1)

    Description: loads a 8-bit value from memory, then sign-extends to 32-bit before storing in rd (rd is calculated using signed arithmetic), the effective address is obtained by adding register rs1 to the sign-extended 12-bit offset.

    Pseudocode: x[rd] = sext(M[x[rs1] + sext(imm[11:0])][7:0])

    Invalid values: NONE

    Exception raised: loads with a destination of x0 must still raise any exceptions and action any other side effects even though the load value is discarded.

  • LH: Load Halfword

    Format: lh rd, imm(rs1)

    Description: loads a 16-bit value from memory, then sign-extends to 32-bit before storing in rd (rd is calculated using signed arithmetic), the effective address is obtained by adding register rs1 to the sign-extended 12-bit offset.

    Pseudocode: x[rd] = sext(M[x[rs1] + sext(imm[11:0])][15:0])

    Invalid values: NONE

    Exception raised: loads with a destination of x0 must still raise any exceptions and action any other side effects even though the load value is discarded, also an exception is raised if the memory address isn’t aligned (2-byte boundary).

  • LW: Load Word

    Format: lw rd, imm(rs1)

    Description: loads a 32-bit value from memory, then storing in rd (rd is calculated using signed arithmetic). The effective address is obtained by adding register rs1 to the sign-extended 12-bit offset.

    Pseudocode: x[rd] = sext(M[x[rs1] + sext(imm[11:0])][31:0])

    Invalid values: NONE

    Exception raised: loads with a destination of x0 must still raise any exceptions and action any other side effects even though the load value is discarded, also an exception is raised if the memory address isn’t aligned (4-byte boundary).

  • LBU: Load Byte Unsigned

    Format: lbu rd, imm(rs1)

    Description: loads a 8-bit value from memory, then zero-extends to 32-bit before storing in rd (rd is calculated using unsigned arithmetic), the effective address is obtained by adding register rs1 to the sign-extended 12-bit offset.

    Pseudocode: x[rd] = zext(M[x[rs1] + sext(imm[11:0])][7:0])

    Invalid values: NONE

    Exception raised: loads with a destination of x0 must still raise any exceptions and action any other side effects even though the load value is discarded.

  • LHU: Load Halfword Unsigned

    Format: lhu rd, imm(rs1)

    Description: loads a 16-bit value from memory, then zero-extends to 32-bit before storing in rd (rd is calculated using unsigned arithmetic), the effective address is obtained by adding register rs1 to the sign-extended 12-bit offset.

    Pseudocode: x[rd] = zext(M[x[rs1] + sext(imm[11:0])][15:0])

    Invalid values: NONE

    Exception raised: loads with a destination of x0 must still raise any exceptions and action any other side effects even though the load value is discarded, also an exception is raised if the memory address isn’t aligned (2-byte boundary).

  • SB: Store Byte

    Format: sb rs2, imm(rs1)

    Description: stores a 8-bit value from the low bits of register rs2 to memory, the effective address is obtained by adding register rs1 to the sign-extended 12-bit offset.

    Pseudocode: M[x[rs1] + sext(imm[11:0])][7:0] = x[rs2][7:0]

    Invalid values: NONE

    Exception raised: NONE

  • SH: Store Halfword

    Format: sh rs2, imm(rs1)

    Description: stores a 16-bit value from the low bits of register rs2 to memory, the effective address is obtained by adding register rs1 to the sign-extended 12-bit offset.

    Pseudocode: M[x[rs1] + sext(imm[11:0])][15:0] = x[rs2][15:0]

    Invalid values: NONE

    Exception raised: an exception is raised if the memory address isn’t aligned (2-byte boundary).

  • SW: Store Word

    Format: sw rs2, imm(rs1)

    Description: stores a 32-bit value from register rs2 to memory, the effective address is obtained by adding register rs1 to the sign-extended 12-bit offset.

    Pseudocode: M[x[rs1] + sext(imm[11:0])][31:0] = x[rs2][31:0]

    Invalid values: NONE

    Exception raised: an exception is raised if the memory address isn’t aligned (4-byte boundary).

Memory Ordering

  • FENCE: Fence Instruction

    Format: fence pre, succ

    Description: order device I/O and memory accesses as viewed by other RISC-V harts and external devices or coprocessors. Any combination of device input (I), device output (O), memory reads (R), and memory writes (W) may be ordered with respect to any combination of the same. Informally, no other RISC-V hart or external device can observe any operation in the successor set following a FENCE before any operation in the predecessor set preceding the FENCE, as the core support 1 hart, the fence instruction has no effect so we can considerate it as a nop instruction.

    Pseudocode: No operation (nop)

    Invalid values: NONE

    Exception raised: NONE

Environment Call and Breakpoints

  • ECALL: Environment Call

    Format: ecall

    Description: make a request to the supporting execution environment, which is usually an operating system. The ABI for the system will define how parameters for the environment request are passed, but usually these will be in defined locations in the integer register file.

    Pseudocode: RaiseException(EnvironmentCall)

    Invalid values: NONE

    Exception raised: Raise an Environment Call exception.

  • EBREAK:Environment Break

    Format: ebreak

    Description: cause control to be transferred back to a debugging environment.

    Pseudocode: RaiseException(Breakpoint)

    Invalid values: NONE

    Exception raised: Raise a Breakpoint exception.