doi: 10.18178/ijfcc.2017.6.2.489
Channel Coded Processor for Enhanced Safety
A. Steinkirchner
,
T. Fuhrmann
,
M. Niemetz
- Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, OTH Regensburg, Germany.
Abstract
Several concepts are known for improvingprocessor safety, all of them having their pros and cons. Someare very resource intensive, others have limited capabilitiesregarding the provided error safety. In this paper we useresearch on channel coding of noisy communication channelsknown from communication theory as an analogy to random biterrors in processors. We incorporate this knowledge intoprocessor design to suggest a new error correction concept byusing channel coding in processors. The new concept of aChannel Coded Processor could provide effectiveimplementation of redundancy by the channel coding thatenables error correction. The concept could also create acomplete chain of redundancy in all areas and components ofthe processor ranging from the code compiler through theprocessing hardware to the output of the information.
Keywords
- Channel coded processor concept
- communication theory
- safety
- soft error
How to Cite
A. Steinkirchner, T. Fuhrmann, and M. Niemetz, "Channel Coded Processor for Enhanced Safety," International Journal of Future Computer and Communication, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 58-62, 2017. https://doi.org/ 10.18178/ijfcc.2017.6.2.489
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