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Evolvable Hardware System at Extreme Low Temperatures

ZEBULUM, R.; STOICA, A.; KEYMEULEN, D.; SEKANINA, L. Evolvable Hardware System at Extreme Low Temperatures. Evolvable Systems: From Biology to Hardware. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Berlin: Springer Verlag, 2005. p. 37-45. ISBN: 978-3-540-28736-0.
Czech title
Vyvíjející se systém při extrémně nízké teplotě
Type
conference paper
Language
English
Authors
Zebulum Ricardo
Stoica Adrian
Keymeulen Didier
Sekanina Lukáš, prof. Ing., Ph.D. (DCSY)
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Keywords

evolvable hardware, extreme low temperatures, functional recovery

Abstract

This paper describes circuit evolutionary experiments at extreme low temperatures, including the test of all system components at this extreme environment (EE). In addition to hardening-by-process and hardening by-design, "hardening-by-reconfiguration", when applicable, could be used tomitigate drifts, degradation, or damage on electronic devices (chips) in EE, by using re-configurable devices and an adaptive selfreconfiguration of their circuit topology. Conventional circuit design exploits device characteristics within a certain temperature/radiation range; when that is exceeded, the circuit function degrades. On a reconfigurable device, although component parameters change in EE, a new circuit design, suitable for new parameter values, may be mapped into the reconfigurable structure to recover the initial circuit function. This paper demonstrates this technique for circuit evolution and recovery at liquid nitrogen temperatures (-196.6 °C). In addition, preliminary tests are performed to assess the survivability limitations of the evolutionary processor at extreme low temperatures.

Published
2005
Pages
37–45
Proceedings
Evolvable Systems: From Biology to Hardware
Series
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume
3637
ISBN
978-3-540-28736-0
Publisher
Springer Verlag
Place
Berlin
BibTeX
@inproceedings{BUT33688,
  author="Ricardo {Zebulum} and Adrian {Stoica} and Didier {Keymeulen} and Lukáš {Sekanina}",
  title="Evolvable Hardware System at Extreme Low Temperatures",
  booktitle="Evolvable Systems: From Biology to Hardware",
  year="2005",
  series="Lecture Notes in Computer Science",
  volume="3637",
  pages="37--45",
  publisher="Springer Verlag",
  address="Berlin",
  isbn="978-3-540-28736-0",
  url="http://www.fit.vutbr.cz/~sekanina/publ/ices05/lowtemp.pdf"
}
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