Title :
A Novel Self-Repairing Platform for Embedded Systems
Author :
Dempster, P. ; Harkin, Jim ; McGinnity, Thomas Martin
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. & Intelligent Syst., Ulster Univ., Derry
Abstract :
In recent years there has been considerable interest placed on the development of systems which are capable of self-repair with various degrees of success. However the ability to implement repairs or relocate computation in such systems has proven difficult as a result of re-connecting components in hardware. In this paper the authors propose a novel platform to support the implementation of self repair strategies for embedded electronic systems which addresses interconnectivity. The platform builds on the concept used to solve the interconnect problems of large chip designs, namely network-on-chip (NoC), and the adaptability of partially reconfigurable FPGA hardware. The novel self-repair platform is presented and results from an example application demonstrate the capability of the platform to support self-repair and implement repairs on real embedded hardware
Keywords :
embedded systems; field programmable gate arrays; integrated circuit interconnections; network-on-chip; reconfigurable architectures; NoC; chip design; embedded electronic system; field programmable gate array; interconnect problem; network-on-chip; reconfigurable FPGA hardware; self repair strategy; FPGAs; Network-on-Chip; self-repair;
Conference_Titel :
Irish Signals and Systems Conference, 2006. IET
Conference_Location :
Dublin
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-665-9
