A taxonomy of reconfiguration techniques for fault-tolerant processor arrays--
- Shell Development Co., Houston, TX (USA)
- Purdue Univ., Lafayette, IN (USA)
The authors overview, characterize, and classify some typical reconfiguration schemes in light of a proposed taxonomy. This taxonomy can be used as a guide for future research in design and analysis of reconfiguration schemes. Studying how to evaluate fault-tolerant arrays and how to exploit application characteristics to achieve dependable computing are important complementary directions of research towards reliable processor-array design. A related research problem is that of functional reconfiguration, that is, learning how to configure the topology of a parallel system to implement a different function or run a different application. Important directions of research include how to apply or extend processor-array reconfiguration algorithms to other topologies and how to marry functional and fault-tolerance reconfiguration requirements and solutions. The Diogenes approach discussed in this article is a case where this goal is naturally achieved.
- OSTI ID:
- 7159620
- Journal Information:
- Computer; (USA), Vol. 23:1; ISSN 0018-9162
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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