DocumentCode
2202439
Title
An architecture for self-healing digital systems
Author
Lala, P.K. ; Kumar, B. Kiran
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Comput. Eng., Arkansas Univ., Fayetteville, AR, USA
fYear
2002
fDate
2002
Firstpage
3
Lastpage
7
Abstract
The use of very deep submicron technology makes VLSI-based digital systems more susceptible to transient or soft errors, and thus compromises their reliability. This paper proposes an architecture inspired by the human immune system that allows tolerance of such errors.
Keywords
VLSI; circuit complexity; digital systems; error detection; fault diagnosis; fault tolerant computing; finite state machines; state assignment; VLSI-based digital systems; antigen detection; error detection; error tolerance; finite state machine; functional cells; genetic codes; human immune system inspired architecture; reliability; self-healing digital systems; soft errors; spare cells; state assignment; transient errors; very deep submicron technology; Centralized control; Computer architecture; Computer errors; Computer science; Control systems; Digital systems; Fault detection; Humans; Immune system; Reliability engineering;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
On-Line Testing Workshop, 2002. Proceedings of the Eighth IEEE International
Print_ISBN
0-7695-1641-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OLT.2002.1030175
Filename
1030175
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