A dependable computing application

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Güngör, Uğur

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This thesis focuses on fault tolerance which is kind of dependable computing implementation. It deals with the advantages of fault tolerance techniques on Single Event Upsets (SEU) occurred in a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). Two fault tolerant methods are applied to floating point multiplier. Most common SEU mitigation method is Triple Modular Redundancy (TMR). So, two fault tolerance methods, which use TMR, are tested. There are three printed circuit boards (PCBs) and one user interface software in the setup. By user interface software running on a computer, user can inject fault or faults to the selected part of the system, which uses TMR with voting circuit or TMRVC TMR with voting and correction circuits on floating point multiplier. After inserting fault or faults, user can watch results of the fault injection test by user interface software. One of these printed circuit boards is called as a Test Pattern Generator. It is responsible for communication between the Fault Tolerant Systems and the user interface software running on a computer. Fault Tolerant Systems is second PCB in the setup. It is used to implement fault tolerant methods on fifteen bits floating point multiplier in the FPGA. First one of these methods is TMR with voter circuit (TMRV) and second one is TMR with voter and correction circuits (TMRVC). Last PCB in the setup is Display PCB. This PCB displays fault tolerant test result and floating point multiplication result. All the functions on Test Pattern Generator and Fault Tolerant Systems are implemented through the use of a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), which is programmed using the Very High Speed IC Description Language (VHDL). Implementation results of the used methods in FPGA are evaluated to observe the performance of applied methods for tolerating SEU.

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/15060

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U. Güngör, “A dependable computing application,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2005.