Caltech Develops Self-Healing System for Integrated Chips

[exfileme]

Self-healing chips are on the way, possibly leading to self-healing robots that take over the world and enslave mankind. Yay for science!

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[Markon101]

The ultimate overclocking. 😀

 

[mmstick]

You're massively late on this article. I read this on Physorg on March 10th.

 

[Abion47]

I for one welcome our new Terminator overlords, just so long as they let me go back in time and get some Twinkies.

 

[dalethepcman]

This is appears to be more of a "smart grid" approach, than "self healing" as this chip doesn't actually repair itself, it just attempts to route around a broken part to another part that can serve the same function.

 

[jhansonxi]

Very useful for inaccessible systems like satellites.

 

[IndignantSkeptic]

As long as we ensure that Isaac Asimov's laws of robotics are not implemented then we will probably not have to worry about robots enslaving humans.

 

[danwat1234]

Do modern microprocessors x86/arm have any redundancy if a few transistors fail, or some sort of checking and rerouting to disable a 'unit' if something is clobbered in there or a section of SRAM, etc? Or no?

 

[azgard]

[citation][nom]danwat1234[/nom]Do modern microprocessors x86/arm have any redundancy if a few transistors fail, or some sort of checking and rerouting to disable a 'unit' if something is clobbered in there or a section of SRAM, etc? Or no?[/citation]

A lot of designs incorporate tolerance provisioning, classic example are with GPU manufacturer's and binning of chip's as well as disabling and/or underclocking cores.

 

[tadej petric]

they could just make chips with old nokias...

 

[PadaV4]

[citation][nom]tadej petric[/nom]they could just meake chips with old nokias...[/citation]
I willl just leave this here
http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/377394-indestructible-nokia-3310

 

[Vorador2]

More than self-healing, it's CRC&ECC on steroids. In any case, for the space program this is really good news, since this allows a far greater degree of redundancy on electronics.

 

[cats_Paw]

Oh god.... For when the NanoSUIT?!
Lets see what the future can bring.

 

[Non-Euclidean]

[citation][nom]Abion47[/nom]I for one welcome our new Terminator overlords, just so long as they let me go back in time and get some Twinkies.[/citation]
No need, friend.

On March 12, 2013 it was reported, Twinkies are slated to return to store shelves by Summer 2013 after they, along with other famed Hostess Brands, were purchased out of bankruptcy by Apollo Global Management and Metropoulos & Co.

 

[anarekist]

i for one welcome our new integrated circuit overlords.

 

[kenyee]

Sounds like the custom ASIC inside the chip is a single failure point. Nice that they can reroute parts of the rest though...

 

[gm0n3y]

[citation][nom]kenyee[/nom]Sounds like the custom ASIC inside the chip is a single failure point. Nice that they can reroute parts of the rest though...[/citation]
Unless they build multiples ASIC units that can detect errors on one another. Of course if a unit itself is defective it might erroneously start deactivating other parts of the chip. Redundancy on the redundancy.

 

[griptwister]

This... Is. Bad.

 

[K2N hater]

That's what Transmeta could have been.

 

[Duckhunt]

Damn fantastic. Will it be profitable?

What if they hit the power supply pin with the laser? or ground circuit attached to the pin for the ground? Can It use another pin to reroute?