Double-buffer poly_mul_sync so the next MAC term's 256-cycle load overlaps
the current term's accumulate. Decouple the top-level MAC load index (u_ldj)
from the accumulate index (u_j) in the shared ENC_U/ENC_V/DEC_W engine; load
reads bank_a/bank_se while accumulate reads bank_t (disjoint ports, no
conflict). Accumulate stays strictly serial (psum order-dependent); only the
load is hidden.
Verified byte-exact vs NIST KAT in ~/Dev/mlkem: Encaps 9/9, Decaps 9/9
(incl. implicit-reject + DECOMP), KeyGen all, hello_world end-to-end.
ENC_U 5585->5073, ENC_V 2793->2537 (K=2). Larger relative win at K=4
(K^2 terms). poly_mul contract unchanged (standalone TB 11/11).
Decouple the ENC_C1/C2 compress micro-sequence into a streaming
producer/collector instead of feeding one coeff and draining the whole
6-stage comp_decomp pipeline per coeff.
- comp_decomp_sync: ready_o = 1'b1 (fully pipelined, consumer never
backpressures since ready_i is tied high), so feeders can issue a new
coeff every cycle.
- mlkem_top ENC_C1/C2: producer feeds one coeff every 2 cycles
(<=5.5 bit/cyc, under the single-port ct drain of 8 bit/cyc so the bit
buffer stays bounded); a per-cycle collector appends compressed bits
and drains one ct byte/cycle.
Verified byte-exact against NIST KAT (Vivado 2019.2 XSIM) for KeyGen,
Encaps (9/9), Decaps (9/9 incl. reject path + DECOMP), hello_world e2e.
K=2 Encaps: ENC_C1 6273->1035, ENC_C2 2945->522, total 27851->20190.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
The core's ek_rd_addr/dkp_rd_addr muxes give dbg_dk_idx_i priority over
dbg_byte_idx_i whenever it falls in the ek (768..1567) or dk_pke (<768)
region. The wrapper drove both dbg_byte_idx_i and dbg_dk_idx_i from the
same rdb_addr, so an ek readback of the rho tail (bytes 768..799) was
hijacked to read ek[0..31] instead — corrupting the public key fed to
Encaps and causing Decaps implicit rejection (full 32-byte ss mismatch).
Present rdb_addr on dbg_dk_idx_i only when rdb_sel==2 (full-dk); hold it
at 0xFFF otherwise so ek/dk_pke readbacks aren't corrupted. Verified by
KeyGen->Encaps->Decaps round trip (MLKEM_RESULT=PASS).
Wrap mlkem_top in an AXI4 burst slave (mlkem_axi_slave) mapped to the
freed FFT slot 6 at 0x1f400000 (virtual 0xbf400000). The core runs on
sys_clk/2 (25 MHz); the wrapper handles the clock-domain crossing:
start toggle->pulse, wait-stated byte-preload handshake, busy/done
sync, and direct readback taps (ek/dk/ct/ss). CPU drives it via a
register map (CTRL/STATUS/CONFIG, d/z/msg, preload + readback windows).
Wire into soc_top on the existing axiOut_6 nets (no crossbar change),
add mlkem_intr on intrpt[3]. Add sdk mlkem_test example running a
KeyGen->Encaps->Decaps self-consistency round trip.