Title :
Scrubbing and partitioning for protection of memory systems
Author :
Mariani, Riccardo ; Boschi, Gabriele
Author_Institution :
YOGITECH SPA, Pisa, Italy
Abstract :
Based on the definition of a mission vulnerability factor, this paper proposes the use of on-line memory scrubbing technique joined with memory partitioning, describing how such approach can help to reduce overhead and performance penalties of ECC-based protection systems.
Keywords :
error correction codes; fault tolerance; memory architecture; ECC-based protection system; memory partitioning; memory system protection; mission vulnerability factor; online memory scrubbing; Circuit faults; Decoding; Error analysis; Error correction codes; Failure analysis; Fault tolerance; Protection; Random access memory; Time measurement; Timing;
Conference_Titel :
On-Line Testing Symposium, 2005. IOLTS 2005. 11th IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2406-0
DOI :
10.1109/IOLTS.2005.60
