In Verilog, a declaration of reg is for a variable which can be assigned in a sequential (always) block. A reg declaration does not imply that a hardware Register or a Flip-Flop will be created for this variable. It may be the case that a register is created by a synthesis tool for a variable declared as a reg, but the structure of the Verilog program determines how a variable is synthesized. In Verilog for RTL synthesis, registers (flip-flops) are modeled and inferred by a sequential always block which has a basic structure such as:
reg [5:0] state, next_state ;
Even though both state and next_state are declared as reg, an RTL synthesis tool creates a register for state, and not next_state. With Bluespec, declarations of registers or flip-flops as well as other state elements (such as FIFOs) are explicit by using the mkReg (or mkFIFO for FIFOs) function declarations.
// Create 6 bit wide register with a 0 reset value
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