349 research outputs found
Low-cost coding techniques for digital fault diagnosis
Published report discusses fault location properties of arithmetic codes. Criterion for effectiveness of given code is detection probability of local fault by application of checking algorithm to results of entire set of algorithms of processor. Report also presents analysis of arithmetic codes with low-cost check algorithm which possesses partial fault-location properties
Self-testing and repairing computer Patent
Self testing and repairing computer comprising control and diagnostic unit and rollback points for error correctio
Self testing and repairing computer - A concept
STAR computer has five redundant modular function units, fixed store, arithmetic, memory, input, and output. Each unit is connected to a diagnostic control unit, each is coded for error detection and error correction. Separation into function units permits assembly of many different systems from the set of units
Design methods for fault-tolerant navigation computers
Design methods for fault tolerant navigation computer
Fault-tolerant computer study
A set of building block circuits is described which can be used with commercially available microprocessors and memories to implement fault tolerant distributed computer systems. Each building block circuit is intended for VLSI implementation as a single chip. Several building blocks and associated processor and memory chips form a self checking computer module with self contained input output and interfaces to redundant communications buses. Fault tolerance is achieved by connecting self checking computer modules into a redundant network in which backup buses and computer modules are provided to circumvent failures. The requirements and design methodology which led to the definition of the building block circuits are discussed
Algorithm Diversity for Resilient Systems
Diversity can significantly increase the resilience of systems, by reducing
the prevalence of shared vulnerabilities and making vulnerabilities harder to
exploit. Work on software diversity for security typically creates variants of
a program using low-level code transformations. This paper is the first to
study algorithm diversity for resilience. We first describe how a method based
on high-level invariants and systematic incrementalization can be used to
create algorithm variants. Executing multiple variants in parallel and
comparing their outputs provides greater resilience than executing one variant.
To prevent different parallel schedules from causing variants' behaviors to
diverge, we present a synchronized execution algorithm for DistAlgo, an
extension of Python for high-level, precise, executable specifications of
distributed algorithms. We propose static and dynamic metrics for measuring
diversity. An experimental evaluation of algorithm diversity combined with
implementation-level diversity for several sequential algorithms and
distributed algorithms shows the benefits of algorithm diversity
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On designing dependable services with diverse off-the-shelf SQL servers
Software fault-tolerance by design diversity DEDIX: A tool for experiments
The use of multiple versions of a computer program, independently designed from a common specification, to reduce the effects of an error is discussed. If these versions are designed by independent programming teams, it is expected that a fault in one version will not have the same behavior as any fault in the other versions. Since the errors in the output of the versions are different and uncorrelated, it is possible to run the versions concurrently, cross-check their results at prespecified points, and mask errors. A DEsign DIversity eXperiments (DEDIX) testbed was implemented to study the influence of common mode errors which can result in a failure of the entire system. The layered design of DEDIX and its decision algorithm are described
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A RISC-V Vector Processor With Simultaneous-Switching Switched-Capacitor DC-DC Converters in 28 nm FDSOI
This work demonstrates a RISC-V vector microprocessor implemented in 28 nm FDSOI with fully integrated simultaneous-switching switched-capacitor DC-DC (SC DC-DC) converters and adaptive clocking that generates four on-chip voltages between 0.45 and 1 V using only 1.0 V core and 1.8 V IO voltage inputs. The converters achieve high efficiency at the system level by switching simultaneously to avoid charge-sharing losses and by using an adaptive clock to maximize performance for the resulting voltage ripple. Details about the implementation of the DC-DC switches, DC-DC controller, and adaptive clock are provided, and the sources of conversion loss are analyzed based on measured results. This system pushes the capabilities of dynamic voltage scaling by enabling fast transitions (20 ns), simple packaging (no off-chip passives), low area overhead (16%), high conversion efficiency (80%-86%), and high energy efficiency (26.2 DP GFLOPS/W) for mobile devices
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