RE 613 : Reliable Computing

Origins, Goals, Definitions, Fault Tolerance, Passive Hardward Redundancy, Active Hardware Redundancy, Hybrid Hardware Redundance, Information Redundancy, Time Redundancy, Software Redundancy, Evaluation of Reliability and Safety, Trade offs, Designs: TMR, TTMR, TDTMR, 5 MR, etc, Redundancy Techniques in VLSI environment, Yield Analysis, Test Pattern Gereration Design for Testing and Testability Analysis.

Texts/ References:

• 1. Pradhan D.K., Fault Tolerant Computing Theory and Techniques, Prentice-Hall, Englewook Cliffs, N.J. 1986.
• 2. P.K. Lala, Fault Tolerant and Fault Testable Hardware Design, Prentice-Hall, Englewook Cliffs, N.J., 1985.
• 3. B.W. Johnson, Design and Analysis of Fault Tolerant Digital Systems, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc. 1989.