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7 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
cah
db06a8a481 docs: add ChipFoundry contest submission design
Approach A (minimal viable submission) as execution plan,
Approaches B and C documented as aspirational roadmap.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-02-25 18:03:55 -07:00
cah
d39b133c76 docs: frame sync runs as PicoRV32 firmware, zero extra RTL
Reuses existing syndrome_wt register and converged flag.
No additional hardware needed on the ASIC.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-02-24 22:47:49 -07:00
cah
623e5e2e26 docs: add frame synchronization section to project report
Adds section 7 covering preamble-less frame sync using syndrome
screening, which was missing from the original report.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-02-24 21:54:49 -07:00
cah
87b84f8c75 docs: add project report with architecture diagrams
Comprehensive report for FPGA partner covering:
- System architecture and channel model
- LDPC decoder hardware blocks
- Code optimization journey (5.23 -> 1.03 photons/slot)
- SC-LDPC threshold saturation results
- RTL implementation plan and area estimates

Includes 10 figures: system architecture, channel model,
degree distributions, FER curves, threshold progressions.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-02-24 21:45:35 -07:00
cah
6d59f853c4 Add comprehensive analysis results document
Covers all five studies: rate comparison, base matrix quality,
quantization sweep, Shannon gap, and frame synchronization.
Includes interpretation, recommendations, and reproduction steps.

Key findings: 9 dB gap to Shannon, matrix degree distribution is
the primary bottleneck, 6-bit quantization validated, frame sync
tractable at ~30 us acquisition cost.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-02-24 05:01:26 -07:00
cah
b8bff512a4 Add implementation plan for frame sync and code analysis
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-02-24 04:58:56 -07:00
cah
5f69e2cbec Add design doc for frame sync and code analysis
Covers frame synchronization prototype (acquisition + re-sync)
and four code analysis studies: rate comparison, base matrix
quality, quantization sweep, and Shannon gap computation.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-02-23 22:42:32 -07:00