{"title":"Recovery blocks and algorithm-based fault tolerance","authors":"A. Tyrrell","doi":"10.1109/EURMIC.1996.546394","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EURMIC.1996.546394","url":null,"abstract":"Algorithm-based fault-tolerance has been used for a number of years in the field of numerical processing. It has advantages over more 'explicit' fault-tolerant methods in that it operates concurrently with the application, thus reducing the time overhead associated with the added redundancy. Recovery blocks and similar fault-tolerant methods are critically dependent on the detection of errors in the system (as are all fault-tolerant methods). In the recovery block scheme, this error detection is performed by some form of acceptability check on the resultant data. This is usually a non-trivial problem and one of the major issues that prevent recovery block schemes being used more widely. This paper describes how algorithm-based fault-tolerant methods could be used to assist in the error detection process within the recovery block scheme and thus make it more appropriate for use in 'real' applications.","PeriodicalId":311520,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of EUROMICRO 96. 22nd Euromicro Conference. Beyond 2000: Hardware and Software Design Strategies","volume":"272 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115664549","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A multi-agent environment for user interface design","authors":"Cecilia Inés Sosa Arias, B. M. Daltrini","doi":"10.1109/EURMIC.1996.546388","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EURMIC.1996.546388","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a framework for the conceptual and detailed design of user interface. The framework describes an environment that assists people involved in the user interface design task, by helping them to build an interface template. The multidisciplinary nature of the user interface design task has led us to adopt a multi-agent approach in this framework. The environment is thus a multi-agent system (MAS), and the resulting user interface template is also a multi-agent system. The multi-agent approach directly addresses the multidisciplinary nature of the task allowing different experts to incorporate their preferred tools as additional agents in the environment.","PeriodicalId":311520,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of EUROMICRO 96. 22nd Euromicro Conference. Beyond 2000: Hardware and Software Design Strategies","volume":"83 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131568342","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A system for heuristic modifications on PLA-specifications","authors":"R. Rauscher, A. Krause","doi":"10.1109/EURMIC.1996.546391","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EURMIC.1996.546391","url":null,"abstract":"When specifying a PLA for the implementation of a numerical function, usually an adhoc procedure is followed: Generating real values, some type of scaling, rounding to integers, and finally binary coding. Examining the numerical exactness of the performed steps in detail, some kind of blurring can always be recognized. In fact, designers have to accept such unavoidable effects. In many practical applications a good compromise can be achieved between a reasonable decrease of PLA costs and art acceptable amount of implicated deviation. We introduce in this paper the optimization tool HOPE which includes the described heuristics. It is applicable in any design procedure which needs PLAs and uses ESPRESSO as an integral part.","PeriodicalId":311520,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of EUROMICRO 96. 22nd Euromicro Conference. Beyond 2000: Hardware and Software Design Strategies","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127814044","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Performance assessment of contents management in multilevel on-chip caches","authors":"P. Ibáñez, V. Viñals","doi":"10.1109/EURMIC.1996.546467","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EURMIC.1996.546467","url":null,"abstract":"This paper deals with two level on-chip cache memories. We show the impact of three different relationships between the contents of these levels on the system performance. In addition to the classical Inclusion contents management, we propose two alternatives, namely Exclusion and Demand, developing for them the necessary coherence support and quantifying their relative performance in a design space (sizes, latencies, ...) in agreement with the constraints imposed by integration. Two performance metrics are considered: the second-level cache miss ratio and the system CPI. The experiments have been carried out running a set of integer and floating point SPEC'92 benchmarks. We conclude showing the superiority of our improved version of Exclusion throughout all the sizing and workload spectrum studied.","PeriodicalId":311520,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of EUROMICRO 96. 22nd Euromicro Conference. Beyond 2000: Hardware and Software Design Strategies","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129829529","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparing performances and quality of service of group communication protocols","authors":"E. Pagani, G. P. Rossi","doi":"10.1109/EURMIC.1996.546469","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EURMIC.1996.546469","url":null,"abstract":"The deployment of a common platform of group services is considered the base for structuring fault tolerant distributed applications. Although a number of solutions are available in literature, the identification of the protocol that better fits the given application requirements is still hard because of the lack of a unique problem statement and of a clear definition of the achievable quality of service. This paper provides a common framework of analysis, identifies the critical design issues that can affect the quality of service, and uses simulations to evaluate the role they play in coping with different failure conditions.","PeriodicalId":311520,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of EUROMICRO 96. 22nd Euromicro Conference. Beyond 2000: Hardware and Software Design Strategies","volume":"IA-20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126562036","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Results given by a new evaluation system for placement and routing heuristics","authors":"R. Rauscher, Dieter Klawan, H. Bandelt","doi":"10.1109/EURMIC.1996.546390","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EURMIC.1996.546390","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a software system for generation of VLSI layouts. Its main advantages are minimal hardware requirements and its independence of programming languages, hardware platforms and fabrication processes. It is thus designed for use in algorithm development and university backgrounds.","PeriodicalId":311520,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of EUROMICRO 96. 22nd Euromicro Conference. Beyond 2000: Hardware and Software Design Strategies","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125544440","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hardware/software co-design of communication protocols","authors":"S. Fischer, J. Wytrębowicz, S. Budkowski","doi":"10.1109/EURMIC.1996.546472","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EURMIC.1996.546472","url":null,"abstract":"An important aspect in providing high performance distributed systems such as multimedia systems is the combined use of hardware and software in the end systems. System design techniques should allow hardware/software co-design to integrate both means of implementation. In this paper we show how the standardized formal language Estelle can be used to facilitate co-design. The system will first be designed in Estelle. At the point in time of final decision on which parts to implement in software and which in hardware, the original specification will be split into several partial specifications. The software parts are translated into C code, while the hardware parts are translated into VHDL code for further analysis and development. We present a tool environment which supports the protocol developer in the design and implementation process. A simple Video-on-Demand example shows the usefulness of the tool environment.","PeriodicalId":311520,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of EUROMICRO 96. 22nd Euromicro Conference. Beyond 2000: Hardware and Software Design Strategies","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134351929","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}