DocumentCode
3038473
Title
Architectural Vulnerability Factor (or, does a soft error matter?)
Author
Mukherjee, Shubu
Author_Institution
Intel, Santa Clara, CA
fYear
2008
fDate
1-3 Oct. 2008
Firstpage
301
Lastpage
301
Abstract
Summary form only given. In this talk, the author outlines how the soft error problem is affecting microprocessor design, how to compute the AVFs for various processor structures, and how to estimates AVFs at run-time using a new concept called quantized AVFs.
Keywords
microprocessor chips; architectural vulnerability factor; microprocessor design; soft error problem; Analytical models; Circuit faults; Computational modeling; Error analysis; Fault tolerant systems; Moore´s Law; Power system reliability; Predictive models; Protection; Very large scale integration;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Defect and Fault Tolerance of VLSI Systems, 2008. DFTVS '08. IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location
Boston, MA
ISSN
1550-5774
Print_ISBN
978-0-7695-3365-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/DFT.2008.68
Filename
4641185
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