Reconfiguring Fault-Tolerant Two-Dimensional Array Architectures

  • Authors:
  • Nathaniel J. Davis, IV;F. Gail Gray;Joseph A. Wegner;Shannon E. Lawson;Vinay Murthy;Tennis S. White

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-;-;-;-

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Micro
  • Year:
  • 1994

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Abstract

Circuit complexities reduce overall reliability and mean-time-between-failure rates of today's very large processing arrays. Our integrated, three-level hierarchy of reconfiguration methods provides reasonable levels of fault tolerance for such systems. Operating in a completely distributed fashion, the hierarchy does not require that any components be fault free. It significantly improves array reliability by using a combination of transient fault rollback techniques and local and global reconfiguration algorithms.