RISC-V Instruction Set Summary

Table 1 : RISC-V Registers names and numbers 2

Table 2 : RISC-V (32-bits) instruction formats 3

Table 3 : RV32I RISC-V Integer instructions 4

Table 4 : RISC-V compressed (16-bits) instruction formats 4

Table 1 : RISC-V Registers names and numbers

#	RISC-V Base	Ext	ABI Name	Register	Description
0	Integer Base - RV32I RV64I RV128I	RV32-E	zero	x0	Hard-wired zero
1			ra	x1	Return address
2			sp	x2	Stack pointer
3			gp	x3	Global pointer
4			tp	x4	Thread pointer
5			t0	x5	Temporary/alternate link register
6-7			t1-2	x6-7	Temporaries
8			s0 / fp	x8	Saved register/frame pointer
9			s1	x9	Saved register
10-11			a0-a1	x10-11	Function arguments/return values
12-15			a2-a5	x12-15	Function arguments
16-17			a6-a7	x16-17	Function arguments
18-27			s2-s11	x18-27	Saved registers
28-31			t3-t6	x28-31	Temporaries
32-39	Floating Point - F		ft0-7	f0-7	FP temporaries
40-41			fs0-1	f8-9	FP saved registers
42-43			fa0-1	f10-11	FP arguments/return values
44-49			fa2-7	f12-17	FP arguments
50-59			fs2-11	f18-27	FP saved registers
60-63			ft8-11	f28-31	FP temporaries

Table 2 : RISC-V (32-bits) instruction formats

31:25		24:20	19:15	14:12	11:7	6:0
func7		rs2	rs1	func3	rd	op	R-TYPE
imm_11:0			rs1	func3	rd	op	I-TYPE
imm_11:5		rs2	rs1	func3	imm_4:0	op	S-TYPE
imm_12,10:5		rs2	rs1	func3	imm_4:1,11	op	SB-TYPE
imm_31:12					rd	op	U-TYPE
imm_{20,10:1,11,19:12}					rd	op	UJ-TYPE
fs3	func2	fs2	fs1	func3	fd	op	R4-TYPE
5bits	2bits	5bits	5bits	3bits	5bits	7bits	32bits

Instruction formats details

In the base ISA, there are four core instruction formats (R/I/S/U) :

▪ R-TYPE	Register-register ALU instructions : add, xor, mul
▪ I-TYPE	Immediate ALU instructions, load instructions : addi, lw, jalr, slli
▪ S-TYPE	Store instructions : sw, sb
▪ SB-TYPE	Comparison and branch instructions: beq, bge
▪ U-TYPE	Instructions with upper immediates
▪ UJ-TYPES	Jump instructions: jal

▪ func2	type of operation on 2bits
▪ func3	type of operation on 3bits
▪ func4	type of operation on 4bits
▪ func6	type of operation on 6bits
▪ func7	type of operation on 7bits

Glossary of instruction descriptions

▪ rs1, rs2	Register descriptors* : Source operands 1 and 2
▪ rd	Register descriptor* : Destination operand
▪ op	Operation code

*Register descriptors (rs1,rs2, rd) always need 5 bits to address all possible 32 (2^5) working registers (from x0 to x31). That is partly why it is not possible to use CSR directly into regular instructions. In “Priviledge / CSR instructions” that are all I-TYPE, the csr operand is coded by imm_11:0 (on 12 bits), and that is what theorically allows to address up to 4096 CSR (2^12). In addition, in the “Priviledge / CSR instructions”, the 5-bit unsigned immediate (uimm) is coded in the rs1 field and not in the imm_11:0 field as it should be because of its previous use.

▪ imm	signed immediate in imm_11:0
▪ uimm	5-bit unsigned immediate in imm_4:0
▪ upimm	20 upper bits of a 32-bit immediate, in imm_31:12
▪ Address	memory address : rs1 + SignExt(imm_11:0)
▪ [Address]	data at memory location Address
▪ BTA	branch target address : PC + SignExt({imm_12:1, 1’b0})
▪ JTA	jump target address : PC + SignExt({imm_20:1, 1’b0})
▪ Label	text indicating instruction address
▪ SignExt	value sign-extended to 32 bits
▪ ZeroExt	value zero-extended to 32 bits
▪ csr	constrol and status register

Table 3 : RV32I RISC-V Integer instructions

op	Func3	Func7	Type	Mnemonic	Description	Operation
0000011(3)	000		I	lb rd, imm(rs1)	Load byte	rd = SignExt([Address]_7:0)
0000011(3)	001		I	lh rd, imm(rs1)	Load half	rd = SignExt([Address]_15:0)
0000011(3)	010		I	lw rd, imm(rs1)	Load word	rd = ([Address]_31:0)
0000011(3)	100		I	lbu rd, imm(rs1)	Load byte unsigned	rd = ZeroExt([Address]_7:0)
0000011(3)	101		I	lhu rd, imm(rs1)	Load half unsigned	rd = ZeroExt([Address]_15:0)
0010011(19)	000		I	addi rd, rs1, imm	ADD immediate	rd = rs1 + SignExt(imm)
0010011(19)	001		I	slli rd, rs1, uimm	Shift left logical immediate	rd = rs1 << uimm
0010011(19)	010		I	slti rd, rs1, imm	Set less than immediate	rd = rs1 < SignExt(imm)
0010011(19)	011	0000000	I	sltiu rd, rs1, imm	Set less than imm. unsigned	rd = rs1 < SignExt(imm)
0010011(19)	100		I	xori rd, rs1, imm	XOR immediate	rd = rs1 ^ SignExt(imm)
0010011(19)	101	0000000	I	srli rd, rs1, uimm	Shift right logical immediate	rd = rs1 >> uimm
0010011(19)	101	0100000	I	srai rd, rs1, uimm	Shift right arithmetic immediate	rd = rs1 >> uimm
0010011(19)	110		I	ori rd, rs1, uimm	OR immediate	rd = rs1 \| SignExt(imm)
0010011(19)	111		I	andi rd, rs1, uimm	AND immediate	rd = rs1 & SignExt(imm)
0010111(23)			U	auipc rd, rs1, uimm	ADD upper immediate to PC	rd = (upimm, 12’b0) + PC
0100011(35)			S	sb rs2,imm(rs1)	Store byte	[Address]_7:0 = rs2_7:0
0100011(35)			S	sh rs2,imm(rs1)	Store half	[Address]_15:0 = rs2_15:0
0100011(35)			S	sw rs2,imm(rs1)	Store word	[Address]_31:0 = rs2
0110011(51)	000	0000000	R	add rd, rs1, rs2	ADD	rd = rs1 + rs2
0110011(51)	000	0100000	R	sub rd, rs1, rs2	SUB	rd = rs1 - rs2
0110011(51)	001	0000000	R	sll rd, rs1, rs2	Shift left logical	rd = rs1 << rs2_4:0
0110011(51)	010	0000000	R	slt rd, rs1, rs2	Set less than	rd = rs1 < rs2
0110011(51)	011	0000000	R	sltu rd, rs1, rs2	Set less than unsigned	rd = rs1 < rs2
0110011(51)	100	0000000	R	xor rd, rs1, rs2	XOR	rd = rs1 ^ rs2
0110011(51)	101	0000000	R	srl rd, rs1, rs2	Shift right logical	rd = rs1 >> rs2_4:0
0110011(51)	101	0100000	R	sra rd, rs1, rs2	Shift right arithmetic	rd = rs1 >>>rs2_4:0
0110011(51)	110	0000000	R	or rd, rs1, rs2	OR	rd = rs1 \| rs2
0110011(51)	111	0000000	R	and rd, rs1, rs2	AND	rd = rs1 & rs2
0110111(55)	-		U	lui rd, upimm	Load upper immediate	rd = {upimm, 12’b0}
1100011(99)	000		B	beq rs1,rs2, label	Branch if equal =	if (rs1 == rs2) PC = BTA
1100011(99)	001		B	bne rs1,rs2, label	Branch if not equal ≠	if (rs1 != rs2) PC = BTA
1100011(99)	010		B	blt rs1,rs2, label	Branch if lower than <	if (rs1 < rs2) PC = BTA
1100011(99)	011		B	bge rs1,rs2, label	Branch if greater / equal ≥	if (rs1 ≥ rs2) PC = BTA
1100011(99)	100		B	bltu rs1,rs2, label	Branch if lower than unsigned <	if (rs1 < rs2) PC = BTA
1100011(99)	101		B	bgeu rs1,rs2, label	Branch if greater / equal unsign. ≥	if (rs1 ≥ rs2) PC = BTA
1100111(103)	000		I	jalr rd, rs1, label	Jump and link register	PC = rs1 + SignExt(imm) rd = PC + 4
1101111(111)	-		J	jal rd, label	Jump and link	PC = JTA rd = PC + 4

Table 4 : RISC-V compressed (16-bits) instruction formats

15:13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6:5	4:2	1:0
func4		rd/rs1					rs2		op	CR-TYPE
func3	imm	rd/rs1					imm		op	CI-TYPE
func3	imm			rs1’			imm	rs2’	op	CS-TYPE
func6				rd/rs1			func2	rs2’	op	CS’-TYPE
func3	imm			rs1’			imm		op	CB-TYPE
func3	imm	func		rd’/rs1’			imm		op	CB’-TYPE
func3	imm								op	CJ-TYPE
func3	imm						rs2		op	CSS-TYPE
func3	imm							rd’	op	CIW-TYPE
func3	imm			rs1’			imm	rd’	op	CL-TYPE
3bits	1bit	-	-	-	-	-	2bits	3bits	2bits	16bits