The Potential Impact of VHDL on Dependable Distributed System Design,

Abstract

The goal of dependable systems and components is to provide proper service in the presence of faults. One design approach is to develop extremely dependable building blocks, using fault avoidance techniques to decrease generic or design faults. Then, the reliable system components are combined using fault tolerance to create a dependable distributed system. The adoption and implementation of a standard hardware description language in VHDL (VHSIC hardware description language) promotes the use of fault avoidance techniques throughout the system design cycle. Descriptive languages such as VHDL also provide a basis for tools which can aid in the specification, design, and validation of both dependable systems and their component building blocks. However, integration of VHDL and existing high-level system evaluation tools remains a research problem. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA239769

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  • M. C. Mcelvany

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  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application-Specific Integrated Circuits
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Dual Mode
  • Environment
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Fault Tolerance
  • Information Processing
  • Language
  • Natural Languages
  • Parallel Computing
  • Parallel Processing
  • Parallel Processors
  • Reliability
  • Simulations
  • Standards
  • Test And Evaluation

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  • Computer science
  • Engineering

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  • Systems Analysis and Design