1. Edwin Africano Adityanarayanan Radhakrishnan
6.175 Final Project
Edwin Africano
Adityanarayanan Radhakrishnan

2. Progress We have completed Part 1
We completed up to Exercise 8 of Part 2

3. Difficulties Incorrect IPCs for Stq and LHUSM in part 1
Fixed guard on req rule
Starvation of Cores on Message Router
Solution: Prioritize different core each cycle
PPP Conflict of rules 2 and 4
Merged rules 2 and 4 into one rule

4. Difficulties Cache issue with evicting line Lr & Sc Issues
Using tags to determine when to evict
Lr & Sc Issues
Fixed by making sure to invalidate line appropriately upon eviction
Corrected an error in WaitFillResp Rule in DCache

5. Improvements for Course
More hands bsv practice early on
Emphasis on pattern matching and Maybe types early on
Spread out of workload on 7, 8 and project
Regular release of labs as opposed to different due dates on different days of week
More office hours and different times

6. Acknowledgements
Thanks to Arvind and Sizhuo for a great semester!