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- Q025Design · ArchStably sort records in a local cache-line bufferStable sort · Single-port memoryMedium
- Q035DVAXI Write Address Changes While StalledDV · Waveform DebuggingMedium
- Q050Design · ArchCompact valid cache-line words in placeStable compaction · Valid bitsMedium
- Q057Design · ArchDetect duplicate valid cache tagsAssociative compare · Priority encoderMedium
- Q104FWMerge frozen per-core crash logs without allocationFirmware · Min-heapHard
- Q106DVVerify a framed cache-line rotatorDV · DesignMedium
- Q119DVVerify a RAL-programmed grid checkerUVM RAL · Error precedenceMedium
- Q126DVAssert an integer square-root pipelineDV · SVAHard
- Q127DV · FWCo-verify a memory-mapped minimum stackFW · DVMedium
- Q147DVScoreboard a maximum-interval acceleratorDV · ScoreboardHard
- Q160DV · ArchVerify a retained-memory water acceleratorDV · SRAMHard
- Q168DesignCount active lanes in a predicate maskPopulation count · ReductionEasy
- Q197DVMonitor an independently stalled binary adderDV · Stream monitorHard
- Q291DVVerify pipeline reachabilityUVM · Out-of-orderMediumP
- Q356DVA Power Controller Gates the Clock Before an Outstanding Response DrainsDV · Waveform DebuggingMediumP
- Q361Arch · DesignFast lookup in a fully associative cacheArch · DesignEasyP
- Q395DVAsync FIFO reads a pointer from an old reset epochDV · Waveform DebuggingHardP
- Q898FW · ArchSeparate ISA Guarantees from Core ImplementationFW · ArchMediumP
- Q935FWTriage an intermittent firmware hang from a crash dumpFW · DVMediumP
- Q949FWCount coalesced memory segmentsFW · ValidationMediumP
- Q969DV · DesignVerify a longest rising-trend acceleratorDV · DesignMediumP
- Q997DVFix event-loss and shared-state monitor bugsDV · SystemVerilogMediumP
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Microsoft-style ASIC interview preparation
Trace requirements across accelerator datapaths, memory, firmware, reset, concurrency, and bus behavior. Explain invariants and state transitions before selecting a data structure or checker.
Finish with a bounded validation strategy that distinguishes functional, ordering, and performance failures. These independent exercises do not describe Microsoft's official interview process.