Data Mapping for Unreliable Memories

Christoph Roth*, Christian Benkeser, Christoph Studer, Georgios Karakonstantis, Andreas Burg

*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contribution

16 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Future digital signal processing (DSP) systems must provide robustness on algorithm and application level to the presence of reliability issues that come along with corresponding implementations in modern semiconductor process technologies. In this paper, we address this issue by investigating the impact of unreliable memories on general DSP systems. In particular, we propose a novel framework to characterize the effects of unreliable memories, which enables us to devise novel methods to mitigate the associated performance loss. We propose to deploy specifically designed data representations, which have the capability of substantially improving the system reliability compared to that realized by conventional data representations used in digital integrated circuits, such as 2's-complement or sign-magnitude number formats. To demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed framework, we analyze the impact of unreliable memories on coded communication systems, and we show that the deployment of optimized data representations substantially improves the error-rate performance of such systems.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2012 50th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing (Allerton)
Place of PublicationNEW YORK
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages679-685
Number of pages7
ISBN (Print)978-1-4673-4539-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Event50th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing (Allerton) - Monticello, Israel
Duration: 01 Oct 201205 Oct 2012

Conference

Conference50th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing (Allerton)
Country/TerritoryIsrael
Period01/10/201205/10/2012

Keywords

  • CONVOLUTIONAL-CODES
  • RELIABILITY
  • DESIGN

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Data Mapping for Unreliable Memories'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this