Lecture
This lecture by the instructor focuses on the challenges of hardware verification using high-level design languages. It covers the complexity of digital designs, the difficulty in making a working design, and the importance of clear specifications to avoid side-channels. The talk delves into the harmful effects of speculation in hardware, the need for cycle-precise semantics, and the practical uses of language design. It also discusses isolation properties, processor specifications, and the equivalence between specification and implementation. The lecture concludes with insights on flushing the pipeline, memory management, and concurrency in module design.