Comparative Reliability Analysis between AMBA and Network-on-Chip: An MPEG-2 Case Study
Comparative Reliability Analysis between AMBA and Network-on-Chip: An MPEG-2 Case Study
We present comparative reliability analysis between shared-bus AMBA and network-on-chip (NoC) in the presence of single-event upsets (SEUs) using MPEG-2 video decoder as a case study. Employing SystemC-based cycle-accurate fault simulations, we investigate how the decoder reliability is affected when SEUs are injected into the computation cores and communication interconnects of the decoder. We show that for a given soft error rate, AMBA-based decoder experiences higher SEUs during computation due to higher execution time. On the other hand, NoC-based decoder experiences higher SEUs during inter-core communication due to higher channel latency and resource usage in the interconnects. Furthermore, we evaluate the impact of total SEUs at application-level for NoC- and AMBA-based decoders.
Network-on-Chip, Reliability Comparison, Advanced Microprocessor Bus Architecture (AMBA), MPEG-2
247-250
Shafik, Rishad Ahmed
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Al-Hashimi, Bashir M.
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Shafik, Rishad Ahmed
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Shafik, Rishad Ahmed and Al-Hashimi, Bashir M.
(2009)
Comparative Reliability Analysis between AMBA and Network-on-Chip: An MPEG-2 Case Study.
22nd International System-on-Chip Conference (SOCC), Belfast, Northern Ireland, Belfast, United Kingdom.
09 - 11 Sep 2009.
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We present comparative reliability analysis between shared-bus AMBA and network-on-chip (NoC) in the presence of single-event upsets (SEUs) using MPEG-2 video decoder as a case study. Employing SystemC-based cycle-accurate fault simulations, we investigate how the decoder reliability is affected when SEUs are injected into the computation cores and communication interconnects of the decoder. We show that for a given soft error rate, AMBA-based decoder experiences higher SEUs during computation due to higher execution time. On the other hand, NoC-based decoder experiences higher SEUs during inter-core communication due to higher channel latency and resource usage in the interconnects. Furthermore, we evaluate the impact of total SEUs at application-level for NoC- and AMBA-based decoders.
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Submitted date: 27 April 2009
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22nd International System-on-Chip Conference (SOCC), Belfast, Northern Ireland, Belfast, United Kingdom, 2009-09-09 - 2009-09-11
Keywords:
Network-on-Chip, Reliability Comparison, Advanced Microprocessor Bus Architecture (AMBA), MPEG-2
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Electronic & Software Systems
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Local EPrints ID: 267318
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/267318
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Rishad Ahmed Shafik
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Bashir M. Al-Hashimi
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