Efficiency of a software approach for transient error detection: a case study

International audienceIn this paper is studied the efficiency of a software approach developed to provide processor-based architectures with error detection capabilities. Considered errors are the bit flips resulting from the interaction of charged particles with the silicon. The method is illustrated with results obtained when running different programs on a pipelined digital signal processor. Obtained results, coming from both radiation experiments and software fault injection sessions, put in evidence a high error detection capability