Roadmap

How I will take you from NOOB to Legend in a few hard steps

1. You are a NOOB who wants to be a senior dev

Intro to Machine Description

2. Day 1

   Verilog Basics

   Verilog is going to be used to describe hardware in our project. Everything is going to be run on a Sipeed Nano 9k. But don't worry if you don't have one. You can always use a simulation! You first learn the basics of Verilog here.

   7 Days
3. Day 8

   Code a UART

   It's starting to get real! You'll use your knowledge of Verilog to code a "Universal Async Receiver/Transmitter" to communicate with your computer through. This is different! You actually need to code the channel that you'll communicate with your computer through! You will never take a keyboard for granted again.

   7 Days
4. You are a NOOB who knows Verilog

Intro to RISC-V

5. Day 15

   Load a RISC-V Implementation

   You'll use an open-source Verilog implementation of RISC-V architecture and get it running on your FPGA/Simulation. Now you have a globally known processor that you can run code on! You will learn the basics of RISC-V instructionset. This is going to be the cornerstone of your computer science knowledge.

   9 Days
6. Day 24

   Write a Bootloader

   You will use the UART module you wrote to create a bootloader. You will also use an open-srouce compiler/assembler to turn C code to RISC-V instructions and load it on your computer through the bootloader!

   7 Days
7. You know CPU architecture

Your Operating System

8. Day 31

   Intro to OS

   You learn the basics of what an OS is and you'll design your OS first on paper.

   7 Days
9. Day 38

   Kernel

   Code a simple kernel! It will manage your processor and allow you to run multiple streams of instructions on it!

   9 Days
10. Day 47

    MM & I/O

    Memory Management and I/O. This'll enable peripheral devices and interactivity with your computer. Maybe an internet connection later; Who knows? You are not a total noob after this!

    14 Days
11. You know how everything works! Not a NOOB but not a legend yet!

Your RISC-V

12. Day 61

    Code your own RISC-V

    Remember how we used an open-source RISC-V? Now you replace it with your own RISC-V! This part is fairly simple now and will allow you to customize any part of your processor to tailor it for any type of task. Turn it into a GPU, turn it into an LPU. I don't care. I'll show you how and you do what you want with it.

    30 Days
13. You are a legendary programmer!