A Multicore Server SEE Cross Section Model

Author

Stolt, Sherwood S. ; Normand, Eugene

Author_Institution

Boeing Co., Seattle, WA, USA

Volume

59

Issue

6

fYear

2012

Firstpage

2803

Lastpage

2810

Abstract

The purpose of this project was to develop a reliability model of an HP c7000 BladeSystem multi-core server system at aircraft altitudes. First a definition of system and server critical failure that can be used in a reliability model and can be measured in the radiation test was selected. The BladeSystem was then exposed to 14 MeV neutrons which simulates the effects of the high energy neutrons that are present in the atmosphere at aircraft altitudes. That assembly contained six Intel X5570 based HP server blades and six interconnect modules. The server blades were exercised with fifteen different operating and idle conditions. A mathematical model was then fit to the response data. The use of this cross section model in a system reliability model is illustrated.

Keywords

aircraft; multiprocessing systems; neutron effects; reliability; HP c7000 blade system multicore server system; Intel X5570; aircraft altitudes; electron volt energy 14 MeV; high energy neutrons; interconnect modules; multicore server SEE cross section model; radiation test; reliability model; server critical failure; single event effects; Aerospace electronics; Logic gates; Neutrons; Operating systems; Radiation effects; Servers; Neutron cross section; neutron radiation effects; single event effects; single event functional interrupt;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TNS.2012.2222437

Filename

6361443