SERMiner : A Framework for Early-stage Reliability Estimation for IBM Processors

Abstract

Early stage modeling of processor reliability is a key feature in the design and manufacturing cycle of IBM server-class processors. In this paper, we present SERMiner, a highly adaptable methodology for early-stage processor reliability estimation. We demonstrate how this methodology can be used to evaluate potential processor vulnerability to soft errors. We carry out extensive evaluations to determine the vulnerability across a comprehensive suite of synthetic and real-world benchmarks and also show how this estimation evolves across different processor generations and stages of design.