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Master of Science (MS)
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Recent studies have shown that significant power savings are possible with the use of in- exact processors, which may contain a small percentage of errors in computation. However, use of such processors in time-sensitive systems is challenging as these processors significantly hamper the system performance. In this thesis, a design framework is developed for real-time applications running on stochastic processors. To identify hardware error pat- terns, two methods are proposed to predict the occurrence of hardware errors. In addition, an algorithm is designed that uses knowledge of the hardware error patterns to judiciously schedule real-time jobs in order to maximize real-time performance. Both analytical and simulation results show that the proposed approach provides significant performance improvements when compared to an existing real-time scheduling algorithm and is efficient enough for online use.
Pakrashi, Anushka, "REAL-TIME SCHEDULING ALGORITHM DESIGN ON STOCHASTIC PROCESSORS" (2014). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations. Paper 2327.
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