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Dec 26, 2024
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2020-2022 Undergraduate and Graduate Bulletin (with addenda) [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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CS-GY 6183 Fault-Tolerant Computers3 Credits
This course introduces a variety of hardware and software techniques to design and model fault-tolerant computers. Topics include coding techniques (Hamming, SECSED, SECDED, etc.); majority voting schemes (TMR); software redundancy (Nversion programming); software-recovery schemes; network reliability design and estimation. The course introduces probabilistic methods for reliability modeling. Other topics: Examples from space fault tolerant systems, networks, commercial nonstop systems (TANDEM and STRATUS). RAID memory systems. Fault-tolerant modeling tools such as HARP, SHURE and SHARPE.
Prerequisite(s): Graduate status and CS-GY 6133 .
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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