Toward robust integrated circuits: The embryonics approach

Mange, Daniel; Sipper, Moshe; Stauffer, André; Tempesti, Gianluca

doi:10.1109/5.842998

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“…The BioWatch [14] was part of the Embryonics project, 4 which also developed multicellular automata with selfrepair and self-replication [108,109]. The BioWatch is an application example of the BioWall, a bio-inspired electronic wall covered with 'reconfigurable computing tissue' that can display the time and has touch-sensitive buttons for the human to interact with the wall.…”

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confidence: 99%

Self-healing and self-repairing technologies

Frei

McWilliam

Derrick

et al. 2013

Int J Adv Manuf Technol

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This article reviews the existing work in selfhealing and self-repairing technologies, including work in software engineering, materials, mechanics, electronics, MEMS, self-reconfigurable robotics, and others. It suggests a terminology and taxonomy for self-healing and selfrepair, and discusses the various related types of other self-* properties. The mechanisms and methods leading to selfhealing are reviewed, and common elements across disciplines are identified.

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Self-healing and self-repairing technologies

Frei

McWilliam

Derrick

et al. 2013

Int J Adv Manuf Technol

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“…The application of biological ontogenesis to the design of digital hardware has been studied for several years within the Embryonics project [5]. One of its major contribution to the field is the self-contained representation of a possible mapping between the world of multi-cellular organisms in biology and the world of digital hardware systems, based on 4 levels of complexity, ranging from the population of organisms to the molecule (Fig.…”

Section: The Embryonics Projectmentioning

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MOVE Processors That Self-replicate and Differentiate

Rossier

Thoma

Mudry

et al. 2006

Biologically Inspired Approaches to Advanced Information Technology

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Abstract. This article describes an implementation of a basic multiprocessor system that exhibits replication and differentiation abilities on the POEtic tissue, a programmable hardware designed for bio-inspired applications [1,2] . As for a living organism, whose existence starts with only one cell that first divides, our system begins with only one totipotent processor, able to implement any of the cells required by the final organism, which can also fully replicate itself, using the functionalities of the POEtic substrate. Then, analogously to the cells in a developing organism, our just replicated totipotent processors differentiate in order to execute their specific part of the complete organism functionality. In particular, we will present a working realization using MOVE processors whose instructions define the flow of data rather than the operations to be executed [3]. It starts with one basic MOVE processor that first replicates itself three times; the four resulting processors then differentiate and connect together to implement a multi-processor modulus-60 counter.

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“…By doing so, every cell performs a new function. A detailed description of the embryonics architecture can be found in [41] and [46]. The integration of a cellular hardware immune system within the architecture, as shown in Fig.…”

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“…2) Ontogeny is concerned with the development of an individual or organism from a single mother or zygote cell through to a multicellular system. The field of embryonics has developed fault-tolerant electronic systems based upon a cellular structure, whereby each cell can take on the role of any other cell within the system [40], [41]. Recent work has also shown mathematically that embryonic systems can provide better reliability measures than existing voting systems [45].…”

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Immunotronics - novel finite-state-machine architectures with built-in self-test using self-nonself differentiation

Bradley

Tyrrell

2002

IEEE Trans. Evol. Computat.

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Abstract-A novel approach to hardware fault tolerance is demonstrated that takes inspiration from the human immune system as a method of fault detection. The human immune system is a remarkable system of interacting cells and organs that protect the body from invasion and maintains reliable operation even in the presence of invading bacteria or viruses. This paper seeks to address the field of electronic hardware fault tolerance from an immunological perspective with the aim of showing how novel methods based upon the operation of the immune system can both complement and create new approaches to the development of fault detection mechanisms for reliable hardware systems. In particular, it is shown that by use of partial matching, as prevalent in biological systems, high fault coverage can be achieved with the added advantage of reducing memory requirements. The development of a generic finite-state-machine immunization procedure is discussed that allows any system that can be represented in such a manner to be "immunized" against the occurrence of faulty operation. This is demonstrated by the creation of an immunized decade counter that can detect the presence of faults in real time.

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Toward robust integrated circuits: The embryonics approach

Cited by 191 publications

References 27 publications

Self-healing and self-repairing technologies

Self-healing and self-repairing technologies

MOVE Processors That Self-replicate and Differentiate

Immunotronics - novel finite-state-machine architectures with built-in self-test using self-nonself differentiation

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