Abstract
The advances of CMOS technology towards 45 nm,the high costs of ASIC design, power limitations and fast changing application requirements have stimulated the usage of highly reconfigurable multiprocessor-cores SoCs. These processing cores within the SoC can be subsequently connected with each other by a communication-centric NoC, thereby reducing data-traffic problems. The (repetitive) multi-processorcores feature inside these SoCs, the programmable routing via NoC, as well as the repetitive hardware in the cores themselves provides new opportunities for efficient testing at different hierarchical levels. These opportunities, and the inserted DfT, test vectors and coverage can be subsequently applied for enhancing the dependability of SoCs as well as these cores via self-repair. As examples of new opportunities we introduce the feedback loop and KGC concept for enhancing diagnosis and reducing external communication respectively. The self-repair can be done either by rerouting of unused resources or software remapping of correct resources to an application.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings Fourth IEEE International Symposium on Electronic Design, Test and Applications DELTA 2008 |
Place of Publication | Piscataway, NJ |
Publisher | IEEE |
Pages | 38-44 |
Number of pages | 7 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-5090-7977-3 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-0-7695-3110-6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 23 Jan 2008 |
Event | 4th IEEE International Symposium on Electronic Design, Test and Applications, DELTA 2008 - Hong Kong, Hong Kong Duration: 23 Jan 2008 → 25 Jan 2008 Conference number: 4 |
Conference
Conference | 4th IEEE International Symposium on Electronic Design, Test and Applications, DELTA 2008 |
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Abbreviated title | DELTA |
Country/Territory | Hong Kong |
City | Hong Kong |
Period | 23/01/08 → 25/01/08 |