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zhanghai/orgexp

Analysis updated 2026-08-08 · repo last pushed 2021-01-01

22VerilogAudience · researcherComplexity · 3/5DormantSetup · hard

TLDR

Lab assignments for a computer organization course at Zhejiang University, where students learn processor design by building CPU components in Verilog hardware description language.

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    What it does
      Computer organization labs
      Processor design exercises
      CPU component building
    Tech stack
      Verilog
      Hardware description
    Use cases
      Course lab assignments
      Learn processor internals
      Study CPU architecture
    Audience
      University students
      Hardware beginners
    Limitations
      No documentation
      Needs course materials
      Requires sim tools

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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Complete lab assignments for a university computer organization course.

USE CASE 2

Study Verilog examples of CPU components like logic gates, memory, and data pathways.

USE CASE 3

Learn how a simplified processor fetches instructions and performs calculations.

USE CASE 4

Reference undergraduate-level processor design experiments for self-study.

What is it built with?

Verilog

How does it compare?

zhanghai/orgexpyii2004/tinycodesignessenceia/until_heat_death_do_us_part
Stars222029
LanguageVerilogVerilogVerilog
Last pushed2021-01-01
MaintenanceDormant
Setup difficultyhardhardhard
Complexity3/54/55/5
Audienceresearcherresearcherdeveloper

Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.

How do you get it running?

Difficulty · hard Time to first run · 1h+

No documentation provided, users need prior knowledge of Verilog simulation tools and likely accompanying course materials.

No license information is provided in this repository.

In plain English

The repository "orgexp" contains materials for a computer organization course at Zhejiang University, taught by Shi Qingsong. It is a collection of lab assignments designed to help students learn how the internal components of a computer processor are built from the ground up. The project is written in Verilog, a language used to describe hardware. Instead of writing software that runs on a computer, Verilog describes the actual physical circuits, things like logic gates, memory, and data pathways. Through these lab exercises, a student essentially wires together the pieces of a simplified processor, learning how a CPU fetches instructions, does math, and moves data around. The intended audience is university students taking a computer organization class, likely at Zhejiang University or a similar institution. If you are enrolled in that course, the repo gives you a set of experiment frameworks to work from. For a beginner trying to understand computer hardware on their own, the files offer a concrete example of what a typical undergraduate sees when learning processor design for the first time. The README doesn't go into detail about the contents or provide usage instructions. There is no documentation explaining the individual labs, how to run the Verilog code, or what tools are needed. Anyone using the project would likely need accompanying course materials or prior knowledge of hardware simulation tools to make sense of the files.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Help me understand the Verilog files in this computer organization lab repository and explain what CPU components each lab is building.
Prompt 2
I have cloned the orgexp Verilog lab files, walk me through how to set up a hardware simulation tool like Verilator or Icarus Verilog to run them.
Prompt 3
Explain the processor design concepts a student would learn from these Verilog lab exercises, from logic gates to instruction fetching and data movement.
Prompt 4
Compare the CPU components built in these Verilog labs to a real processor architecture and explain what is simplified for teaching.

Frequently asked questions

What is orgexp?

Lab assignments for a computer organization course at Zhejiang University, where students learn processor design by building CPU components in Verilog hardware description language.

What language is orgexp written in?

Mainly Verilog. The stack also includes Verilog.

Is orgexp actively maintained?

Dormant — no commits in 2+ years (last push 2021-01-01).

What license does orgexp use?

No license information is provided in this repository.

How hard is orgexp to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated hard, with roughly 1h+ to a first successful run.

Who is orgexp for?

Mainly researcher.

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