# Pending Work Tracker
**Document Version**: 1.0.0
**Created**: 2026-01-11
**Status**: Active
Consolidated tracker for pending specification items with cross-references to PMAT tickets and FKR entries.
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## Quick Reference
| P0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| P1 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| P2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| **Total** | **8** | **1** | **1** |
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## Priority 0: Blocking
### PMAT-005: LZ4 GPU Kernel Completion
- **Status**: COMPLETE (2026-01-10)
- **FKR**: FKR-2026-01-10-001, FKR-2026-01-10-007
- **Spec Ref**: ublk-spec F-001 to F-010
- **Resolution**: F082 computed-address bug resolved with Lz4WarpShuffleKernel
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## Priority 1: Critical Path
### PMAT-001: Loop Splitting Optimization
- **Status**: PENDING
- **FKR**: FKR-2026-01-10-003
- **Spec Ref**: F51-F65
- **Effort**: 5 days
- **Dependencies**: None
- **Citations**:
1. Allen & Kennedy, 1987 - DOI:10.1145/29873.29875
2. Ryoo et al., 2008 - DOI:10.1145/1345206.1345220
3. Yang et al., 2010 - DOI:10.1145/1806596.1806606
### PMAT-002: Token-Based Synchronization
- **Status**: PENDING
- **FKR**: FKR-2026-01-10-004
- **Spec Ref**: F66-F80
- **Effort**: 7 days
- **Dependencies**: None
- **Citations**:
1. Alglave et al., 2015 - DOI:10.1145/2694344.2694391
2. Lustig et al., 2019 - DOI:10.1145/3297858.3304043
3. Sorensen & Donaldson, 2016 - DOI:10.1145/2909437.2909440
### PMAT-003: FMA Fusion Correctness
- **Status**: PENDING
- **FKR**: FKR-2026-01-10-005
- **Spec Ref**: F17-F29
- **Effort**: 4 days
- **Dependencies**: None
- **Citations**:
1. Muller et al., 2018 - ISBN:978-3-319-76525-9
2. Boldo & Melquiond, 2008 - DOI:10.1109/TC.2008.48
3. Higham, 2002 - ISBN:0-89871-521-0
### PMAT-004: Memory Coalescing Optimization
- **Status**: PENDING
- **FKR**: FKR-2026-01-10-006
- **Spec Ref**: F34-F39
- **Effort**: 3 days
- **Dependencies**: None
- **Citations**:
1. Volkov & Demmel, 2008 - DOI:10.1109/SC.2008.5214359
2. Ruetsch & Micikevicius, 2009 - NVIDIA Technical Report
3. Mei & Chu, 2017 - DOI:10.1109/TPDS.2016.2549523
### PMAT-008: PTX Debugger Implementation
- **Status**: PENDING
- **FKR**: FKR-2026-01-10-008
- **Spec Ref**: REQ-001 to REQ-010, ptx-debugger.md
- **Effort**: 15 days
- **Dependencies**: PMAT-003 (FMA patterns)
- **Citations**:
1. Betts et al., 2012 - DOI:10.1145/2384616.2384625
2. Li & Gopalakrishnan, 2010 - DOI:10.1145/1882291.1882320
3. Leung et al., 2012 - DOI:10.1145/2259016.2259067
### PMAT-009: Numerical Stability Test Suite
- **Status**: PENDING
- **FKR**: FKR-2026-01-10-009
- **Spec Ref**: F92-F99
- **Effort**: 6 days
- **Dependencies**: PMAT-003 (FMA correctness)
- **Citations**:
1. Higham, 2002 - ISBN:0-89871-521-0
2. Demmel, 1997 - ISBN:0-89871-389-7
3. Goldberg, 1991 - DOI:10.1145/103162.103163
### PMAT-010: Backend Equivalence Testing
- **Status**: IN PROGRESS
- **FKR**: FKR-2026-01-10-010
- **Spec Ref**: F81-F87
- **Effort**: 4 days
- **Dependencies**: None
- **Citations**:
1. Whitehead & Fit-Florea, 2011 - NVIDIA Whitepaper
2. Collange et al., 2015 - DOI:10.1109/MM.2015.54
3. Lam et al., 2013 - DOI:10.1145/2491956.2462927
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## Priority 2: Platform Expansion
### PMAT-006: Apple Silicon Metal Backend
- **Status**: PENDING
- **FKR**: FKR-2026-01-10-011
- **Spec Ref**: Backend Story Policy
- **Effort**: 10 days
- **Dependencies**: PMAT-010 (equivalence testing framework)
- **Citations**:
1. Apple, 2023 - Metal Best Practices Guide
2. Gaster & Howes, 2012 - ISBN:978-0-12-387766-6
3. Lopes et al., 2021 - arXiv:2110.01599
### PMAT-007: AMD ROCm Backend
- **Status**: PENDING
- **FKR**: FKR-2026-01-10-012
- **Spec Ref**: Backend Story Policy
- **Effort**: 8 days
- **Dependencies**: PMAT-010 (equivalence testing framework)
- **Citations**:
1. AMD, 2023 - HIP Programming Guide
2. Sun et al., 2019 - DOI:10.1109/IISWC47752.2019.9041952
3. Jia et al., 2018 - arXiv:1804.06826
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## Dependency Graph
```
┌─────────────┐
│ PMAT-010 │ (Backend Equivalence)
│ IN PROGRESS │
└──────┬──────┘
│
┌───────────────┼───────────────┐
▼ │ ▼
┌─────────────┐ │ ┌─────────────┐
│ PMAT-006 │ │ │ PMAT-007 │
│ Metal │ │ │ ROCm │
│ PENDING │ │ │ PENDING │
└─────────────┘ │ └─────────────┘
│
┌──────┴──────┐
│ PMAT-003 │ (FMA Correctness)
│ PENDING │
└──────┬──────┘
│
┌───────────────┼───────────────┐
▼ │ ▼
┌─────────────┐ │ ┌─────────────┐
│ PMAT-008 │ │ │ PMAT-009 │
│ PTX Debug │ │ │ Stability │
│ PENDING │ │ │ PENDING │
└─────────────┘ │ └─────────────┘
│
Independent: │
┌─────────────┐ ┌─────────────┐ ┌─────────────┐
│ PMAT-001 │ │ PMAT-002 │ │ PMAT-004 │
│ Loop Split │ │ Token Sync │ │ Coalescing │
│ PENDING │ │ PENDING │ │ PENDING │
└─────────────┘ └─────────────┘ └─────────────┘
```
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## Suggested Execution Order
Based on dependencies and critical path analysis:
### Sprint 1 (Week 1-2): Foundations
1. **PMAT-004** (3 days) - Memory Coalescing
2. **PMAT-003** (4 days) - FMA Correctness
3. **PMAT-010** (4 days) - Backend Equivalence (complete)
### Sprint 2 (Week 3-4): Optimization
4. **PMAT-001** (5 days) - Loop Splitting
5. **PMAT-002** (7 days) - Token Synchronization
### Sprint 3 (Week 5-6): Quality
6. **PMAT-009** (6 days) - Numerical Stability
7. **PMAT-008** (15 days) - PTX Debugger (start)
### Sprint 4 (Week 7-9): Platform
8. **PMAT-008** (continued)
9. **PMAT-007** (8 days) - ROCm Backend
10. **PMAT-006** (10 days) - Metal Backend
**Total Estimated Effort**: 67 days (~3 months at 5 days/week)
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## FKR Cross-Reference
| PMAT-001 | FKR-003 | Loop splitting eliminates divergence | PENDING |
| PMAT-002 | FKR-004 | Token sync equivalent to barriers | PENDING |
| PMAT-003 | FKR-005 | FMA is IEEE 754 compliant | PENDING |
| PMAT-004 | FKR-006 | Coalesced >=4x bandwidth vs strided | PENDING |
| PMAT-005 | FKR-001, FKR-007 | LZ4 GPU byte-identical | CORROBORATED |
| PMAT-006 | FKR-011 | Metal equivalent to CUDA | PENDING |
| PMAT-007 | FKR-012 | ROCm equivalent to CUDA | PENDING |
| PMAT-008 | FKR-008 | PTX parser handles all constructs | PENDING |
| PMAT-009 | FKR-009 | Operations stable under perturbation | PENDING |
| PMAT-010 | FKR-010 | All backends numerically equivalent | IN PROGRESS |
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## Citation Summary
**Total Unique Citations**: 30 peer-reviewed sources
| GPU Architecture & Memory | 3 |
| Memory Models & Synchronization | 3 |
| Loop Optimization & Divergence | 3 |
| Numerical Analysis & Floating-Point | 9 |
| Compression Algorithms | 3 |
| GPU Verification | 3 |
| Platform-Specific (Metal, ROCm) | 6 |
All citations include DOI or ISBN where available. See `CUDA_TDG_COMPLIANCE.md` Appendix B for full citation index.
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## Document History
| 1.0.0 | 2026-01-11 | Claude | Initial creation consolidating PMAT tickets and FKR entries |