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RDC Signoff Dashboard: Review Checklist

Review Checklist for RDC Signoff Dashboard.

Review checklist

Review Checklist for RDC Signoff Dashboard focuses on RDC critical trend, waiver aging, milestone readiness. The goal is to convert issue observations into mechanism-backed closure decisions.

Crossing and reset intent are explicitly classified.
Protocol assumptions are documented and checked.
Critical issues have owners and dates.
Waivers include mechanism, containment, and expiry.
Regression matrix includes stress and milestone modes.
Owners signed: RDC lead, program manager, signoff owner.

Signoff ownership

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OWNERSHIP MAP — RDC Signoff Dashboard

artifact                  owner
----------------------    -------------------------
design intent           RDC lead
verification evidence   program manager
signoff decision        signoff owner

Every open CDC/RDC issue needs one accountable owner before waiver or fix.

CDC/RDC deep dive

RDC closure must connect IP assumptions to SoC reality.

Concept diagram

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RDC CLOSURE

IP reset intent + SoC sequencing -> structural checks -> dynamic stress -> signoff

Metric graph

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MILESTONE READINESS

M-2 55%
M-1 82%
M0  100%

Reports and artifacts

top-level RDC opens
reset simulation coverage
chip integration blockers
waiver backlog

Mini case study

Each IP was locally clean, but top-level sequencing violation created cross-subsystem boot intermittency.

Debug branches

Audit subsystem assumptions
stress chip-level reset scenarios
close ownership gaps

Senior review question

Ask: what evidence proves this risk is closed for silicon, not just tool-clean?

Key takeaways

State crossing class, assumptions, and owner with every issue.
Run structural and dynamic regressions after each fix.

Common pitfalls

Treating all warnings as equivalent risk.
Waiving issues without containment evidence.
Skipping reset and reconvergence stress after CDC fixes.

Principal CDC/RDC review addendum

An RDC dashboard tracks readiness across blocks and milestones, preventing unresolved reset risks from being hidden by aggregate pass rates.

Metric: RDC critical trend, waiver aging, milestone readiness

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