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Design of Fault-tolerance Mechanisms for Soft Multiprocessors
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Miremadi, Ghasem (Supervisor)
Abstract
Increasing complexity of embedded systems and the need for more computation powerhave directed designers toward using of multiprocessors. SRAM-based FPGAs are suitable platforms for implementation of multiprocessors due to thier low cost, fast time-to-market and re-configurability. FPGA-based multiprocessors are known as soft multiprocessors. The large area of SRAM-based FPGAs is occupied by configuration bits. Configuration bits are vulnerable to high energy particles that can lead to soft errors. In this regards, it is of decisive importance to protect soft multiprocessors against soft errors. This thesis proposes a fault-tolerant method for soft multiprocessors that can detect and...
A partial task replication algorithm for fault-tolerant FPGA-based soft-multiprocessors
, Article CSI Symposium on Real-Time and Embedded Systems and Technologies, RTEST 2015, 7 October 2015 through 8 October 2015 ; October , 2015 , Page(s): 1 - 7 ; 9781467380478 (ISBN) ; Farbeh, H ; Miremadi, S. G ; Sharif University of Technology
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc
2015
Abstract
FPGA-based multiprocessors, referred as softmultiprocessors, have an increasing use in embedded systems due to appealing SRAM features. More than 95% of such FPGAs are occupied by SRAM cells constructing the configuration bits. These SRAM cells are highly vulnerable to soft errors threatening the reliability of the system. This paper proposes a fault-tolerant method to detect and correct errors in the configuration bits. The main of this method is to analyze the scheduled task graph and select a subset of tasks to be replicated in multiple processors based on the utilization of the processors in different execution phases. To this end, 1) errors are detected by re-executing a subset of tasks...