I am Zhijie Zhao, a master's student at the School of Integrated Circuits, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST). I work on digital IC design and processor microarchitecture, currently focusing on RISC-V processors, cache subsystems, and coherence. I am passionate about research in computer architecture, from cores and caches to the system stack around them.
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- 🌌 I’m currently working on cache microarchitecture, coherence interfaces, and RISC-V processor / SoC bring-up
- 🔭 I’m currently learning processor cores, memory hierarchy, and system-level validation
- 👯 I’m looking to collaborate on projects related to (but not limited to) RISC-V, cache design, coherence, and digital IC frontend
- ✨ Pronouns: He/him
- 🛸 Fun fact: I like chasing a cache miss from software all the way down to the RTL waveform
- 📫 How to reach me: GitHub · z.zhijie@outlook.com
Research interests:
- Processor microarchitecture: RISC-V pipelines, branch prediction, bypassing, exceptions and interrupts
- Cache and memory hierarchy: ICache / DCache / L2, MSHR, directory, replacement and prefetch
- Cache coherence: CHI / TileLink / ACE style interfaces, probe, refill and writeback
- Digital IC frontend: Chisel / Verilog RTL, simulation, FPGA prototype, and software-hardware co-debug
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