Interview questions for AXI protocol 

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​    "What does 'AXI' stand for in the context of digital systems?",
    "How does the AXI protocol enhance communication between components in a system-on-chip (SoC)?",
    "Can you list some of the key features of the AXI protocol?",
    "What are the primary AXI channels, and what roles do they serve?",
    "How does AXI handle data transfer between masters and slaves?",
    "What is the purpose of AXI IDs in transactions?",
    "Explain the significance of burst transfers in the AXI protocol.",
    "How does AXI handle read and write transactions differently?",
    "What is the role of the AXI ID signal in maintaining transaction coherency?",
    "Describe the AXI read transaction sequence.",
    "Describe the AXI write transaction sequence.",
    "What are the various types of transactions supported by AXI?",
    "How does AXI handle concurrent transactions?",
    "Explain the concept of AXI burst length.",
    "How does AXI handle pipelining to improve performance?",
    "What mechanisms does AXI employ for flow control?",
    "How does AXI ensure data integrity during transactions?",
    "Describe the AXI protocol's support for out-of-order transactions.",
    "What is the role of AXI in cache-coherent systems?",
    "How does AXI handle transaction ordering?",
    "Explain the role of AXI's QoS (Quality of Service) parameters.",
    "Describe the AXI Lite variant and its differences from the full AXI protocol.",
    "How does AXI differ from simpler bus protocols like AHB?",
    "Describe the process of arbitration in AXI for accessing shared resources.",
    "How does AXI support power management features?",
    "Explain the concept of AXI bursts and their advantages.",
    "Describe the AXI burst types supported by the protocol.",
    "How does AXI handle unaligned data transfers?",
    "Explain the role of AXI in supporting multiprocessor systems.",
    "How does AXI handle error detection and reporting?",
    "Explain how AXI protocol supports cache maintenance operations",
    "How does AXI handle retry transactions?",
    "Explain the role of AXI in supporting virtual memory systems.",
    "Describe the AXI protocol's support for peripheral access.",
    "How does AXI ensure fairness in resource access among masters?",
    "Describe the role of AXI in interfacing with external memory devices.",
    "Explain how AXI supports atomic transactions.",
    "Describe the AXI protocol's support for DMA (Direct Memory Access) operations.",
    "How does AXI handle endianess conversion?",
    "Explain the role of AXI in handling bus faults and errors.",
    "Describe the AXI protocol's support for bus splitting.",
    "How does AXI support data streaming applications?",
    "Explain the role of AXI in supporting hardware accelerators.",
    "Describe the AXI protocol's support for dynamic memory mapping.",
    "How does AXI handle burst terminations?",
    "Explain the role of AXI in supporting virtualization.",
    "Describe the AXI protocol's support for multi-layer interconnects.",
    "How does AXI handle data synchronization across multiple clock domains?",
    "Explain the role of AXI in supporting system debugging and tracing.",