SpaceWire Inspired Network-on-Chip Approach for Fault Tolerant System-on-Chip Designs

SpaceWire Inspired Network-on-Chip Approach for Fault Tolerant System-on-Chip Designs

Björn Osterloh, Harald Michalik, Björn Fiethe
ISBN13: 9781615208074|ISBN10: 1615208070|EISBN13: 9781615208081
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-807-4.ch012
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Osterloh, Björn, et al. "SpaceWire Inspired Network-on-Chip Approach for Fault Tolerant System-on-Chip Designs." Dynamic Reconfigurable Network-on-Chip Design: Innovations for Computational Processing and Communication, edited by Jih-Sheng Shen and Pao-Ann Hsiung, IGI Global, 2010, pp. 293-308. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-807-4.ch012

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Osterloh, B., Michalik, H., & Fiethe, B. (2010). SpaceWire Inspired Network-on-Chip Approach for Fault Tolerant System-on-Chip Designs. In J. Shen & P. Hsiung (Eds.), Dynamic Reconfigurable Network-on-Chip Design: Innovations for Computational Processing and Communication (pp. 293-308). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-807-4.ch012

Chicago

Osterloh, Björn, Harald Michalik, and Björn Fiethe. "SpaceWire Inspired Network-on-Chip Approach for Fault Tolerant System-on-Chip Designs." In Dynamic Reconfigurable Network-on-Chip Design: Innovations for Computational Processing and Communication, edited by Jih-Sheng Shen and Pao-Ann Hsiung, 293-308. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2010. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-807-4.ch012

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Abstract

Today FPGAs with large gate counts provide a highly flexible platform to implement a complete System-on-Chip (SoC) in a single device. Specifically radiation tolerant space suitable SRAM-based FPGAs have significantly improved the flexibility of high reliable systems for space applications. Currently the reconfigurability of these devices is only used during development phase. A further enhancement would be using the reconfigurability of SRAM-FPGAs in space, either to statically update or dynamically reconfigure processing modules. This is a major improvement in terms of maintenance and performance, which is essential for scientific instruments in space. The requirement for this enhanced system is to guarantee the system qualification and retain the achieved high reliability. Therefore effects during the reconfiguration process and interference of updated modules on the system have to be prevented. Updated modules need to be isolated physically and logically by qualified communication architecture. In this chapter the advantage of a specialized Network-on-Chip architecture to achieve a high reliable SoC with dynamic reconfiguration capability is presented. The requirements for SoC based on SRAM-FPGA in high reliable applications are outlined. Additionally the influences of radiation induced particles are described and effects during the dynamic reconfiguration are discussed. A specialized Network-on-Chip architecture is then proposed and its advantages are presented.

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