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What we're building.

Active builds, research in progress, and the roadmap ahead — every repository open from the first commit.

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ARM Single-Cycle Datapath Visualizer

Our flagship open hardware build: a from-scratch, cycle-accurate visualization of the classic single-cycle ARM datapath — the same architecture taught in every computer organization course, rebuilt as an interactive tool instead of a static textbook diagram.

Cycle-by-cycle tracing

Watch every instruction move through Fetch → Decode → Execute → Memory → Writeback, with control signals lighting up in real time.

Interactive datapath

The ALU, register file, control unit, and memory paths are rendered as a live diagram you can trace instruction-by-instruction.

Built for learning

Designed for classrooms and self-learners who want to see how a CPU actually moves data — not just read about it.

PC IMEM REG FILE ALU DMEM

vectonexus/arm_single_cycle_cpu_core


Category Computer Organization / Open Hardware
Architecture ARM ISA — Single-Cycle Datapath
Status Active development
License Open source
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Roadmap

What's next on the bridge.

Early-stage explorations that follow the same philosophy — open by default, published as we learn.

Research

RISC-V Pipelined Core

Extending the single-cycle visualizer's philosophy to a pipelined RISC-V core — hazards, forwarding, and branch prediction made visible.

Research

On-Device NPU Compiler

A lightweight compiler backend targeting edge NPUs — mapping vectorized ML ops directly onto parallel silicon.

Planned

Open Reference PCB Designs

Schematic-to-silicon reference boards for hobbyists and researchers to prototype open architectures on real hardware.

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