Design and architectures for dependable embedded systems

The paper presents an overview of a major research project on dependable embedded systems that has started in Fall 2010 and is running for a projected duration of six years. Aim is a ‘dependability co-design’ that spans various levels of abstraction in the design process of embedded systems starting from gate level through operating system, applications software to system architecture. In addition, we present a new classification on faults, errors, and failures. Categories and Subject Descriptors B.8.1 [Performance and Reliability]: Reliability, Testing, and Fault-Tolerance; D.2.4g [Software Engineering]: Reliability; General Terms Reliability Keywords Resilience, Fault-Tolerance, Embedded Systems, MPSoCs, Dependability

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2011
• Where: CODES
• Authors: Jörg Henkel, Lars Bauer, Joachim Becker, Oliver Bringmann, Uwe Brinkschulte, Samarjit Chakraborty, Michael Engel, Rolf Ernst, Hermann Härtig, Lars Hedrich, Andreas Herkersdorf, Rüdiger Kapitza, Daniel Lohmann, Peter Marwedel, Marco Platzner, Wolfgang Rosenstiel, Ulf Schlichtmann, Olaf Spinczyk, Mehdi Tahoori, Jürgen Teich, Norbert Wehn, Hans-Joachim Wunderlich
• Keywords: CODES 2011, Dependable Embedded Systems, Fault Tolerance, LEVELS OF ABSTRACTION, Software Engineering