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Dec. 15, 2020

CPU-Fin is taking it to the next level

The full-system, microarchitecture level fault injector (GeFIN: gem5-based fault injector) developed and extended with the support of a Tetramax TTX experiment (CPU-FIN) has been significantly upgraded during the last year.

It now supports the assessment of the effects of spatial Multi-Bit Upsets (sMBUs) of different cardinalities and geometries in all hardware structures of modern CPUs modelled on gem5. This extra feature reflects the need to consider sMBUs and their impact on modern semiconductors. The tool has been also enhanced to provide detailed report about the masking effects of the different layers of a computing system stack (hardware-only, software-only and combined) to facilitate early-stage design decisions for error protection in CPUs. The unprecedented throughput of GeFIN in the analysis of long workloads and the accuracy of the reported full-system measurements make it the ideal framework for SoC architects and software developers in their decision-making process. It is available at very early design stages when system modifications are still cost-effective but it also provides assessments which are aware of the details of the most important hardware structures in the CPUs.


About TETRAMAX

TETRAMAX is a Horizon 2020 innovation action within the European Smart Anything Everywhere (SAE) initiative in the domain of customized and low-energy computing for Cyber Physical Systems and the Internet of Things. As a Digital Innovation Hub, TETRAMAX aims to bring added value to European industry, helping to gain competitive advantage through faster digitization. The project partially builds on experiences with the TETRACOM project during 2013-2016. TETRAMAX was launched in Sep 2017 and runs until Dec 2021.