Multiplexing schemes for cost-effective fault-tolerance

Sandip Roy, Valeriu Beiu

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Abstract

Motivated by the need for cost-effective fault-tolerant nano architectures, we explore von Neumann multiplexing (vN-MUX) at small and very small redundancy factors. We present a novel analysis of vN-MUX of 3-input majority gates (MAJ-3), using combinatorial arguments to exactly determine performance. We show that MAJ-3 vN-MUX performs very well when compared to other redundancy schemes, increasing the allowed device error probability by four orders of magnitude (for small redundancy factors). We describe in detail an extension, called MAJ-3 vN-MUX(N,k), that contributes up to four more orders of magnitude, by excluding superfluous restorative stages for very small redundancy factors. We also analytically determine the performance of MAJ-3 vN-MUX for large redundancy factors, finding that the maximum tolerable gate failure probability is 0.0197 (in contrast to 0.0107 for NAND-2 vN-MUX).

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2004 4th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology
Pages589-592
Number of pages4
Publication statusPublished - 2004
Externally publishedYes
Event2004 4th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology - Munich, Germany
Duration: Aug 16 2004Aug 19 2004

Publication series

Name2004 4th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology

Other

Other2004 4th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityMunich
Period8/16/048/19/04

Keywords

  • Architecture
  • Fault-tolerance
  • Majority logic circuits
  • Multiplexing

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Engineering(all)

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