// Copyright 2024 blaise // // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. // You may obtain a copy of the License at // // http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 // // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software // distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and // limitations under the License. // A pipelined elastic buffer operates at full bandwidth where push can happen if the buffer is not empty but is going empty // It has the following benefits: // + Full-bandwidth throughput // + use only one register for storage // + data_out is fully registered // It has the following limitations: // + ready_in and ready_out are coupled `include "VX_platform.vh" `TRACING_OFF module VX_pipe_buffer #( parameter DATAW = 1, parameter PASSTHRU = 0 ) ( input wire clk, input wire reset, input wire valid_in, output wire ready_in, input wire [DATAW-1:0] data_in, output wire [DATAW-1:0] data_out, input wire ready_out, output wire valid_out ); if (PASSTHRU != 0) begin `UNUSED_VAR (clk) `UNUSED_VAR (reset) assign ready_in = ready_out; assign valid_out = valid_in; assign data_out = data_in; end else begin wire stall = valid_out && ~ready_out; VX_pipe_register #( .DATAW (1 + DATAW), .RESETW (1) ) pipe_register ( .clk (clk), .reset (reset), .enable (~stall), .data_in ({valid_in, data_in}), .data_out ({valid_out, data_out}) ); assign ready_in = ~stall; end endmodule `TRACING_ON