Online Low-Cost Defect Tolerance Solutions for Microprocessor Designs

To my family ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First, I would like to thank my advisor Prof. Todd Austin for his support and guidance that made the completion of this dissertation possible. Over the last five years, under the supervision of Prof. Austin, I had the opportunity to learn a lot from him and acquire the necessary abilities to carry out independent research. During my graduate studies, in multiple occasions where I felt I was loosing focus and direction, Prof. Austin was a constant source of inspiration and guidance that always put me back on truck towards the pursue and completion of my research goals. I feel that my interaction with Prof. Austin provided me with several skills, values, and knowledge that would be very helpful in my future career and life, and I am deeply grateful to him for that. I would also like to thank the members of my dissertation committee: Prof. Valeria Bertacco, Prof. Scott Mahlke, and Prof. Achilleas Anastasopoulos. First, I appreciate their kindness to serve as members of my dissertation committee and I would like to thank them for the positive feedback, guidance, and support that they provided to me along the process. In particular, I would like to thank Prof. Bertacco that together with my advisor Prof. Austin supervised and supported me for most of my dissertation work. Her help and support was an important cornerstone for the completion of this dissertation. Early in my graduate studies I also enjoyed working with Prof. Mahlke in multiple projects that helped define my dissertation topic. I am also deeply grateful to all the people that I had the opportunity to collaborate with on many of the projects presented in this thesis: Smitha Shyam, Sujay Phadke, Mo