Sorting Algorithm on a RISC-V Pipelined Processor

This project was for the course, Computer Architecture. The following points eludicate the breakdown of this project's tasks:

• Choose a suitable sorting algorithm. Convert its pseudocode to assembly using RISC-V instruction set and test its working on the assembly code simulator. Now, modify the existing lab 11 single-cycle processor architecture to run the sorting algorithm code on it. Test and verify that it is doing the sorting correctly.
• Modify this processor to make it a pipelined one (5 stages). Test and run each instruction separately to verify that the pipelined processor version can at least execute one instruction correctly in isolation. Test different types of instructions. Test cases matter!
• Introduce circuitry to detect hazards (data, control, and structural if needed) and try to handle them in hardware i.e., by forwarding, stalling and flushing the pipeline. If this is done correctly, then your array sorting code should be able to function in its entirety
• Compare the performance of running the array sorting program on Single Cycle Processor with RISC-V Pipelined Processor in terms of execution time.