A software-level Redundant MultiThreading for Soft/Hard Error Detection and Recovery

Hwisoo So, Moslem Didehban, Aviral Shrivastava, Kyoungwoo Lee

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Abstract

In this work, we investigate the potential of software-only RMT (Redundant MultiThreading) schemes for soft and hard error detection and recovery. We first implement and evaluate the error protection capability of basic software level triple redundant multithreading (STRMT) and analyze its vulnerability. Then we introduce FISHER (FlexIble Soft and Hard Error Resiliency) as a software RMT scheme which can achieve high degree of error resiliency and does not suffer from STRMT vulnerability holes. FISHER executes three threads and rather than having a centralized voting mechanism, it distributes and intertwines error detection and recovery operations between redundant threads. We performed 135,000 soft/hard error injection experiments on different hardware components of an ARM cortex53-like μ-architecturally simulated microprocessor. The results demonstrate that FISHER can reduce programs failure rate by around 42× and 26× compared to original and basic STRMT-protected versions of programs, respectively.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2019 Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition, DATE 2019
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1559-1562
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9783981926323
DOIs
StatePublished - May 14 2019
Event22nd Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition, DATE 2019 - Florence, Italy
Duration: Mar 25 2019Mar 29 2019

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2019 Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition, DATE 2019

Conference

Conference22nd Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition, DATE 2019
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityFlorence
Period3/25/193/29/19

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
  • Control and Optimization

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