Software-implemented Hardware Fault Tolerance

by Goloubeva, O.; Rebaudengo, Maurizio; Sonza Reorda, Matteo; Violante, Massimo

• ISBN13: 9780387260600
• ISBN10: 0387260609
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-08-30
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

This book will address the innovative topic of software-implemented hardware fault tolerance (SIHFT), i.e., how to deal with faults affecting the hardware by only (or mainly) acting on the software.The first SIHFT techniques were proposed and adopted several decades ago, but they have been the object of new interest in the past few years, mainly due to the need for developing low-cost safety-critical computer-based applications in fields such as automotive, biomedics, and telecommunications. Therefore, several new approaches to detect, and when possible correct, transient and permanent faults in the hardware have been recently proposed. These approaches are innovative (with respect to those proposed in the past) since they are of higher applicability (often starting from the source-level code of an application) and generality, being capable of coping with many different fault types. The book will present the theory behind software-implemented hardware fault tolerance, as well as the practical aspects related to put it at work on real examples. By evaluating accurately the advantages and disadvantages of the already available approaches, the book will provide a guide to developers willing to adopt software-implemented hardware fault tolerance in their applications. Moreover, the book will identify open issues for researchers willing to improve the already available techniques.

Table of Contents

Background

Hardening the data

Hardening the control flow

Achieving fault tolerance

Hybrid techniques

Fault injection techniques

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