interconnect TG: HPDcache Project Report - October 2024

TGs/interconnect-task-group/HPDcache/20241010_INTG_HPDcache_report.md

+**October 10th, 2024**
+
+**Prepared by: Cesar Fuguet**
+
+# CV-HPDCACHE
+
+## Summary
+
+Development and verification of a High-Performance L1 Dcache integrated with
+the CVA6.
+
+## Activities and progress since last report:
+
+* Achievements:
+  * Complete version with hybrid write-policy functionality
+    * Non-regression testsuite pass
+    * Some preliminary synthesis numbers for area estimation
+    * Some preliminary performance numbers
+
+* Planned:
+  * Publish the HPDcache User Guide in the OpenHW ReadTheDocs server
+  * Discussions with ETH-Z and Univ. of Bologna who are interested in using
+    the HPDcache into the Cheshire platform with Culsans (small-scale,
+    snoop-based, cache coherency).
+
+## Issues and dificulties:
+
+* NA
+
+## Gate status:
+
+* Plan Approved