Microwatt Grows Up

Microwatt Grows Up

Explore the evolution of Microwatt, an open-source POWER CPU implementation for affordable FPGAs, in this 47-minute conference talk from linux.conf.au 2021. Discover the recent advancements in Microwatt's capabilities, including the addition of a memory management unit, privilege modes, interrupts, a floating-point unit, an interrupt controller, and a level-2 cache, enabling it to boot Linux. Learn about the Power ISA basics, Linux requirements, and implementation details of various components. Gain insights into potential applications for Microwatt and understand how these developments have increased accessibility to POWER architecture.