Hazard Detection Basics in Decode: Review Checklist

Review checklist

Review Checklist for Hazard Detection Basics in Decode is anchored on RAW stall cycles per kilo-instruction and percentage of avoidable stalls removed by forwarding.. Convert observations into mechanism-backed decisions with explicit ownership.

• Workload scope and KPI targets are explicit.

• Environment metadata is locked and reproducible.

• Mechanism classification is evidence-backed.

• Owner and rollback conditions are documented.

• Validation matrix covers correctness, perf, and power.

• Owners signed: pipeline control owner, scoreboard and hazard RTL owner, verification owner, performance analysis owner, post-silicon debug owner.