Research Project Outline
Extreme scaling imposes enormous challenges on LSI design such as manufacturability degradation, variability increase, performance aging, and soft-error vulnerability. In order to overcome these difficulties, we investigate a reconfigurable VLSI platform that can realize dependable circuits with required reliability. The platform consists of variation- tolerant robust fabrics with self-repairing capability of deteriorated circuits. We will demonstrate that the platform can be applicable to various embedded systems ranging from satellite applications to consumer products with a wide variety of dependability.