An Accelerator based on the ?-VEX Processor: An Exploration using OpenCL

In recent years the use of co-processors to accelerate specific tasks is becoming more common. To simplify the use of these accelerators in software, the OpenCL framework has been developed. This framework provides programs a cross-platform interface for using accelerators. The ?-VEX processor is a run-time reconfigurable VLIW processor. It...

Fault tolerance on the ?-VEX processor

Increased technology scaling not only resulted in a performance increase of the microprocessor, but also led to increasing device vulnerability to external disturbances. Scaling accelerates ageing induced failures of CMOS devices and the average lifetime of electronic devices diminishes. This thesis describes the design and implementation of a...