scholarly journals Principles of multi-level reflection for fault tolerant architectures

Author(s):  
F. Taiani ◽  
J.-C. Fabre ◽  
M.-O. Killijian
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Author(s):  
M. Haykel Ben Jamaa ◽  
David Atienza ◽  
Giovanni De Micheli ◽  
Kirsten E. Moselund ◽  
Didier Bouvet ◽  
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Author(s):  
Mohammadjavad Hassani ◽  
Erfan Azimi ◽  
Aryorad Khodaparast ◽  
Jafar Adabi ◽  
Edris Pouresmaeil

Author(s):  
SHAMBHU J. UPADHYAYA ◽  
I-SHYAN HWANG

This paper presents a novel technique for the enhancement of operational reliability of processor arrays by a multi-level fault-tolerant design approach. The key idea of the design is based on the well known hierarchical design paradigm. The proposed fault-tolerant architecture uses a flexible reconfiguration of redundant nodes, thereby offering a better spare utilization than existing two-level redundancy schemes. A variable number of spares is provided at each level of redundancy which enables a flexible reconfiguration as well as area efficient layouts and better spare utilization. The spare nodes at each level can replace any of the failed primary nodes, not only at the same level but also those at the lower levels. The architecture can be adopted to increase the system reliability in Multi Chip Modules (MCMs). The main contributions of our work are the higher degree of fault tolerance, higher overall reliability, flexibility, and a better spare utilization.


1974 ◽  
Vol 3 (32) ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Phillip Caillouet ◽  
Bruce D. Shriver

This paper offers an introduction to a research effort in fault tolerant computer architecture which has been organized at the University of Southwestern Louisiana (USL). It is intended as an overview of several topics which have been isolated for study, and as an indication of preliminary undertakings with regards to one particular topic. This first area of concentration lnvolves the systematic design of fault tolerant computing systems via a multi-level approach. Efforts are being initiated also in the areas of diagnosis of microprogrammable processors via firmware, fault data management across levels of virtual machines, development of a methodology for realizing a firmware hardcore on a variety of hosts, and delineation of a minimal set of resources for the design of a practical host for a multi-level fault tolerant computing system. The research is being conducted under the auspices of Project Beta at USL.


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