Project description Computing SystemsNew design techniques to make systems-on-chip reliable Show the project objective Hide the project objective DeSyRe will perform research on the design of future reliable Systems-on-Chip (SoCs). These are systems that guarantee continuous and correct operation in the existence of different types of faults. It is a well known fact that various systems are extremely sensitive to faults. Typical examples are medical (i.e. implantable cardiac pacemakers) or automotive systems (i.e. vehicle stability control), in which the shortest stop in operation will cause dramatic damages. Therefore, such applications require a fault-tolerant system, which guarantees correct and reliable functioning at any time.However as semiconductor technology scales, chips are becoming ever less reliable; prominent reasons for this phenomenon are the sheer number of transistors on a given silicon area and their shrinking device features. As a consequence, fault tolerance, e.g. provided through various redundancy schemes, has an enormously increasing power and performance cost. To make matters worse, power-density is becoming a significant limiting factor for performance and SoC design in general. In the face of such changes in the technological landscape, current solutions for fault-tolerance are expected to introduce an excessive overhead in future SoCs. Attempting to design and manufacture a totally fault-free system, would impact heavily, even prohibitively, the design, manufacturing, and testing costs, as well as the performance and power consumption of a system.DeSyRe will build new, more efficient, adaptive fault-tolerant SoCs delivering a new generation of by design, on-demand reliable systems. Compared to existing approaches, the DeSyRe objective is to reduce the power and performance overheads of fault-tolerance by 10-20%, as well as to improve yield by decreasing the number of defective chips by 10-40%.The above will be achieved through the design of fault-tolerant systems built out of unreliable components, rather than aiming at totally fault-free chips. DeSyRe systems will be on-demand adaptive to various types and densities of faults, as well as to other system constraints and application requirements. For leveraging on-demand adaptation/customization and reliability at reduced cost, a new dynamically reconfigurable substrate will be designed and combined with runtime system software support. The developed design will be demonstrated for two medical SoCs with high reliability constraints and diverse performance and power requirements.The SMEs of the project will exploit the various results of the project in their respective domains. It is expected that they will strengthen their market position and competitiveness having a multiple return on investment. The universities and research organizations will stay on the forefront of research in using the results. The project will strongly contribute in substantiating their prestige in the scientific community. The European citizens will benefit from cheaper hardware and lower power consumption of various consumer goods. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwaresoftware applicationssystem softwarenatural sciencesphysical scienceselectromagnetism and electronicssemiconductivitynatural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrymetalloidsmedical and health sciencesmedical biotechnologyimplants Programme(s) FP7-ICT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies Topic(s) ICT-2011.3.4 - Computing Systems Call for proposal FP7-ICT-2011-7 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator CHALMERS TEKNISKA HOGSKOLA AB EU contribution € 744 836,00 Address - 412 96 Goteborg Sweden See on map Region Södra Sverige Västsverige Västra Götalands län Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Birgitta Gustafsson (Mrs.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE Switzerland EU contribution € 183 574,00 Address Batiment ce 3316 station 1 1015 Lausanne See on map Region Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Région lémanique Vaud Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Babak FALSAFI (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data IDRYMA TECHNOLOGIAS KAI EREVNAS Greece EU contribution € 278 925,00 Address N plastira str 100 70013 Irakleio See on map Region Νησιά Αιγαίου Κρήτη Ηράκλειο Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Zinovia Papatheodorou (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data YOGITECH SPA Italy EU contribution € 293 809,00 Address Via lenin 132/p 56017 San giuliano terme See on map Region Centro (IT) Toscana Pisa Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Riccardo Mariani (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data RECORE SYSTEMS BV Netherlands EU contribution € 280 998,00 Address Colosseum 1 7521 PV Enschede See on map Region Oost-Nederland Overijssel Twente Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Gerard Rauwerda (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data NEURASMUS BV Netherlands EU contribution € 491 920,00 Address Dr molewaterplein 50 kmr ee 1202a 3015 GE Rotterdam See on map Region West-Nederland Zuid-Holland Groot-Rijnmond Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Riet van Zeijl (Mrs.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL United Kingdom EU contribution € 257 400,00 Address Beacon house queens road BS8 1QU Bristol See on map Region South West (England) Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area Bristol, City of Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Julie Coombs (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE United Kingdom EU contribution € 268 520,00 Address South kensington campus exhibition road SW7 2AZ London See on map Region London Inner London — West Westminster Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Shaun Power (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data