Testability and dependability of AI hardware: Survey, trends, challenges, and perspectives

F Su, C Liu, HG Stratigopoulos - IEEE Design & Test, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Hardware realization of artificial intelligence (AI) requires new design styles and even
underlying technologies than those used in traditional digital processors or logic circuits …

A systematic literature review on hardware reliability assessment methods for deep neural networks

MH Ahmadilivani, M Taheri, J Raik… - ACM Computing …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and, in particular, Machine Learning (ML), have emerged to be
utilized in various applications due to their capability to learn how to solve complex …

Toward functional safety of systolic array-based deep learning hardware accelerators

S Kundu, S Banerjee, A Raha… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
High accuracy and ever-increasing computing power have made deep neural networks
(DNNs) the algorithm of choice for various machine learning, computer vision, and image …

Neuron fault tolerance in spiking neural networks

T Spyrou, SA El-Sayed, E Afacan… - … , Automation & Test …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The error-resiliency of Artificial Intelligence (AI) hardware accelerators is a major concern,
especially when they are deployed in mission-critical and safety-critical applications. In this …

Dependable dnn accelerator for safety-critical systems: A review on the aging perspective

I Moghaddasi, S Gorgin, JA Lee - IEEE Access, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the modern era, artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning (DL) seamlessly integrate into
various spheres of our daily lives. These cutting-edge disciplines have given rise to …

Reliability evaluation and analysis of FPGA-based neural network acceleration system

D Xu, Z Zhu, C Liu, Y Wang, S Zhao… - … Transactions on Very …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Prior works typically conducted the fault analysis of neural network accelerator computing
arrays with simulation and focused on the prediction accuracy loss of the neural network …

[HTML][HTML] Fault-tolerant hardware acceleration for high-performance edge-computing nodes

M Barbirotta, A Cheikh, A Mastrandrea, F Menichelli… - Electronics, 2023 - mdpi.com
High-performance embedded systems with powerful processors, specialized hardware
accelerators, and advanced software techniques are all key technologies driving the growth …

HyCA: A hybrid computing architecture for fault-tolerant deep learning

C Liu, C Chu, D Xu, Y Wang, Q Wang… - … on Computer-Aided …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Hardware faults on the regular 2-D computing array of a typical deep learning accelerator
(DLA) can lead to dramatic prediction accuracy loss. Prior redundancy design approaches …

Soft error tolerant convolutional neural networks on FPGAs with ensemble learning

Z Gao, H Zhang, Y Yao, J **ao, S Zeng… - … Transactions on Very …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) are widely used in computer vision and natural
language processing. Field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) are popular accelerators for …

Saca-FI: A microarchitecture-level fault injection framework for reliability analysis of systolic array based CNN accelerator

J Tan, Q Wang, K Yan, X Wei, X Fu - Future Generation Computer Systems, 2023 - Elsevier
As convolutional neural network CNN accelerators are being adopted in emerging safety-
critical areas, their reliability becomes prominent. The systolic array is widely used as the …