Modern hardware complexity makes it challenging to determine if a given microarchitecture
adheres to a particular memory consistency model (MCM). This observation inspired the …

Virtual memory is an essential mechanism for enforcing security boundaries, but its relaxed-
memory concurrency semantics has not previously been investigated in detail. The …

We present our formalization of Arm's Virtual Memory System Architecture (VMSA). This
work has been developed with, and ratified by, Arm and its partners, and is now a part of the …

Memory consistency model (MCM) issues in out-of-order-issue microprocessor-based
shared-memory systems are notoriously non-intuitive and a source of hardware design …

Computer-aided verification is an integral and crucial step in the design process of modern
computing systems. This section sheds light on different computer-aided verification …

The increasing design complexity at the end of Moore's Law and Dennard Scaling presents
a new challenge for implementing modern systems correctly and securely. This dissertation …

In recent years, single-threaded hardware performance has stagnated due to transistor-level
limitations stemming from the end of Moore's Law and Dennard scaling. Instead, today's …

We present our formalisation of Arm's Virtual Memory System Architecture (VMSA). This
work has been developed with, and ratified by, Arm and its partners, and is now part of the …

Virtual memory is an essential mechanism for enforcing security boundaries, but its relaxed-
memory concurrency semantics has not previously been investigated in detail. The …