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Build a 5-Stage Pipelined RISC-V Core in Verilog

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Overview

What this challenge is about.

Design a 5-stage pipelined RISC-V core in Verilog with hazard detection, run benchmarks, and earn your verifiable certificate.

The scenario

The vendor's production core is a heavily-modified Ibex variant — engineers cannot read it cold and need a clean teaching companion that demonstrates the same patterns.

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LanguageEnglish
PaceSelf-paced

The Brief

What you'll do, and what you'll demonstrate.

Build a working 5-stage pipelined RV32I core in synthesizable Verilog with hazard detection, forwarding, and compliance-suite validation.

Earning criteria — what you'll demonstrate

  • Implement a 5-stage pipeline with correct hazard detection and forwarding
  • Reason about data hazards (RAW), control hazards, and structural hazards
  • Validate processor RTL against a compliance suite
  • Communicate pipeline behavior visually for an engineering audience

Program Fit

Where this fits in your program.

Sharpens the same skills your degree expects you to demonstrate.

Computer Architecture

Bachelor · Systems

Strong alignment

This challenge maps to Computer Architecture at the Bachelor level. It sharpens the same practical skills your coursework expects — but in a real industry context with actual constraints and deliverables.

Careers

Career paths this challenge builds toward

Completing this challenge demonstrates skills that transfer directly to these roles:

Career paths this builds toward

Canonical roles

One more thing

You can put a credential on your CV by Friday.

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Build a 5-Stage Pipelined RISC-V Core in Verilog