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Cross-Layer Reliability (RELXLAYER) Third Meeting


   Workshop Report   

October 29-30, 2009

IBM Austin Research Laboratory
Austin, TX, United States



Event Contact

CCC Staff
ccc@cra.org


Event Type

2011 and Earlier, 2011 and Prior Events, Visioning Activities, Workshop


Event Category

CCC

Overview

The Cross-layer Reliability (RelXLayer) visioning process addresses the fact that we will no longer be able to reliably design or manufacture fault-free hardware systems. As the critical dimensions of devices, such as transistors and wires, used to implement computer systems shrink to only a few nanometers, rates of transient faults, permanent defects, and variation between devices on the same die are expected to increase to the point where today’s fault-tolerant approaches will no longer be practical. Instead, computer systems will need to adopt a model in which each layer in the abstraction hierarchy – applications, O/S, architecture, circuits – is prepared for the layer below to transmit bad data and in which all of the layers in the hierarchy cooperate to deliver correct operation in spite of faults, variations, and other effects. Exacerbating this challenge is the need to continually reduce net energy per operation while providing this protection.

RelXLayer draws participants from the broader computer research community to nurture a vision for a multi-level approach to reliability, generating a clear picture of the challenges and opportunities offered in multi-level reliability approaches. To foster this community, the group held three workshops to engage researchers and practitioners aimed at addressing this abstraction hierarchy and initiating cross-layer discussions.

Agenda

October 29, 2009 (Thursday)

Welcome, introduction
09:15 AM Study vision/story

Intro slides

Questions/discussion
10:15 AM Break
10:30 AM Life Critical (presentation and discussion)

Automotive slides

Medical slides

11:30 AM Roadmap (presentation and discussion)

Roadmap slides

12:15 PM Lunch
01:30 PM Infrastructure (presentation and discussion)

Infrastructure slides

02:30 PM Research Organization and Infrastructure discussion

Research Organization slides

03:00 PM Break
03:15 PM Breakout:

1. Life Critical
2. Infrastructure
3&4. Slogans, must-have-enabled-technology

04:15 PM Reconvene: breakout summaries
04:30 PM Final Report Assignments and Timeline
05:15 PM End day 1

October 30, 2009 (Friday)

09:00 AM Common Challenges

Common challenges slides

09:30 AM Metrics

Metrics slides

10:00 AM writing, outlining, and consultation time
11:00 AM Strategy and final discussion points
12:00 PM Close meeting
Participants

Sankar Basu, NSF

Lori Bechtold, Boeing Research & Technology

James Browne, University of Texas, Austin

Nick Carter, Intel Corporation

Lewis Cohn, NRL

Chitaranjan Das, NSF

Andre DeHon, University of Pennsylvania

Glenn A Forman, General Electric

Bill Harrod, DARPA

John Hiller, STA

David Kaeli, Northeastern University

Kevin Kemp, Freescale

Nikil Mehta, California Institute of Technology

Claude Moughanni, Freescale Semiconductor

Sani Nassif, IBM

Kevin Nowka, IBM

Karthik Pattabiraman, Microsoft

Mark Porter, Medtronic

Heather Quinn, LANL

Anthony Reipold, Freescale Semiconductor

Pia Sanda, IBM

John Savage, Brown University

Allan Silburt, Cisco Systems

Gary Swift, Xilinx

David Walker, Princeton University

Shi-Jie Wen, Cisco Systems

Chris Wilkerson, Intel Corporation

Vivian Zhu, Texas Instruments

Logistics

Date: October 29 and 30 (full day 29th, half day on 30th + organizer meeting in afternoon)

Place: IBM Austin Research Laboratory, Austin, TX. URL

Lodging: LaQuinta Inn & Suites

  • Address: 11901 North Mopac Expwy, Austin, TX 78759

  • Local Phone: 1-512-832-2121 (see reservation number below)

  • Rate: The rate is slightly different on the 28th ($76), 29th, and 30th ($67). With the 15% tax is ends up “about” $88. These are the instructions I got from LaQuinta to help you make the reservations:

  • To get rooms and rate, call LaQuinta Central Reservation Center at 1-866-527-1498 and identify yourself as members of the CCC party, Reservation Block confirmation number 0937GRFWOK. For your convenience, all final details pertaining to the group should be coordinated directly with the above hotel.

  • Reservation Deadline: 10/7/2009 (Please advise members of your party that all requests for reservations within the bloc should be prior to 10/7/2009 in order to ensure we are able to accommodate them at the rate that was originally quoted. On 10/7/2009 any rooms in your bloc, which remain unfilled will be released for sale to the general public.)

  • The rate includes continental breakfast and free internet access.
  • The hotel is across the street from IBM. An easy 5 minute walk. Here is a map that shows how to walk from the hotel to IBM:
  • ccc_map.jpg

Air Transportation: Austin Bergstrom Airport (AUS) is well connected, American, Southwest, and other airlines have many flights into it.

Airport/Hotel: The “super shuttle” provides transportation from the airport to the LaQuinta hotel for $20 each way. You can make reservations online at: http://www.supershuttle.com/. Remember that CRA will not reimburse rental cars.

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