On-Line Dependability Enhancement of Multiprocessor SoCs by Resource Management

Braak ter, T.D. and Burgess, S.T. and Hurskainen, H. and Kerkhoff, H.G. and Vermeulen, B. and Zhang, Xiao (2010) On-Line Dependability Enhancement of Multiprocessor SoCs by Resource Management. In: International Symposium on System-on-Chip, SoC 2010, 29-30 Sep 2010, Tampere, Finland.

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Abstract:	This paper describes a new approach towards dependable design of homogeneous multi-processor SoCs in an example satellite-navigation application. First, the NoC dependability is functionally verified via embedded software. Then the Xentium processor tiles are periodically verified via on-line self-testing techniques, by using a new IIP Dependability Manager. Based on the Dependability Manager results, faulty tiles are electronically excluded and replaced by fault-free spare tiles via on-line resource management. This integrated approach enables fast electronic fault detection/diagnosis and repair, and hence a high system availability. The dependability application runs in parallel with the actual application, resulting in a very dependable system. All parts have been verified by simulation.
Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item
Copyright:	© 2010 IEEE
Faculty:	Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS)
Research Group:	Computer Architecture for Embedded Systems (CAES)
Link to this item:	http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/73833
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