Nios® V Processor Reference Manual

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Date 5/26/2023
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3.3. Processor Architecture

The Nios® V/g processor architecture describes an instruction-set architecture (ISA). The ISA in turn necessitates a set of functional units that implement the instructions.
The Nios® V/g processor architecture defines the following functional units:
  • General-purpose register file
  • Arithmetic logic unit (ALU)
  • Multiply and divide units
  • Custom instruction logic
  • Control and status registers (CSR)
  • Exception controller
  • Interrupt controller
  • Instruction bus
  • Data bus
  • Instruction cache
  • Data cache
  • RISC-V based debug module
Figure 6.  Nios® V/g Processor Core Block Diagram