Asynchronous On-Chip Networks And Fault-Tolerant Techniques Av Wei Song, Guangda Zhang

<P><STRONG>Asynchronous On-Chip Networks and Fault-Tolerant Techniques</STRONG> is the first comprehensive study of fault-tolerance and fault-caused deadlock effects in asynchronous on-chip networks, aiming to overcome these drawbacks and ensure greater reliability of applications.</P><P>As a promising alternative to the widely used synchronous on-chip networks for multicore processors, asynchronous on-chip networks can be vulnerable to faults even if they can deliver the same performance with much lower energy and area compared with their synchronous counterparts - faults can not only corrupt data transmission but also cause a unique type of deadlock. By adopting a new redundant code along with a dynamic fault detection and recovery scheme, the authors demonstrate that asynchronous on-chip networks can be efficiently hardened to tolerate both transient and permanent faults and overcome fault-caused deadlocks.</P><P>This book will serve as an essential guide for researchers and student