An implementation of a distributed fault-tolerant mechanism for 2D mesh NoCs

César Marcon, Alexandre Amory, Thais Webber, Felipe T. Bortolon, Thomas Volpato, Jader Munareto

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Abstract

Advances in design integration have enabled the integration of large Multiprocessor Systems-on-Chip (MPSoC). Such systems are prone to the execution of complex applications if high degree of parallelism is employed on the communication infrastructure. Network-on-Chip (NoC) has emerged as a new communication paradigm for large MPSoCs with advantages such as the increase of reliability on components interactions. However, device's integration may convey few shortcomings during MPSoC manufacturing and operation, for instance, the vulnerability to faults. This paper describes Phoenix, which is a direct mesh NoC with fault detection scheme. The proposed architecture explores a fault-tolerant mechanism, which is implemented in a distributed manner as a fault monitor on processors and routers. Results demonstrate that Phoenix can be scalable in view of the stabilization time regarding to faults incidence, allowing MPSoC operation even with the occurrence of a large number of faults.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2013 International Symposium on Rapid System Prototyping
Subtitle of host publicationShortening the Path from Specification to Prototype, RSP 2013
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages24-29
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9781479924103
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Event2013 International Symposium on Rapid System Prototyping: Shortening the Path from Specification to Prototype, RSP 2013 - Montreal, QC, Canada
Duration: 3 Oct 20134 Oct 2013

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2013 International Symposium on Rapid System Prototyping: Shortening the Path from Specification to Prototype, RSP 2013

Conference

Conference2013 International Symposium on Rapid System Prototyping: Shortening the Path from Specification to Prototype, RSP 2013
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityMontreal, QC
Period3/10/134/10/13

Keywords

  • Fault tolerance
  • MPSoC
  • NoC

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