Title: Scalable diversity-oriented decisions and technologies for dependable SoPC-based safety-critical computer systems and infrastructures

Authors: Vyacheslav Kharchenko, Volodymyr Sklyar

Addresses: Computer Systems and Networks Department, National Aerospace University 'KhAI', Chkalova Street 17, Kharkiv, 61070, Ukraine. ' Computer Systems and Networks Department, National Aerospace University 'KhAI', Chkalova Street 17, Kharkiv, 61070, Ukraine

Abstract: An approach to development and implementation of multi-version technologies (MVT) for creating dependable system-on-programmable chip (SoPC)-based systems and infrastructures is described. It is based on a set of scalable diversity-oriented decisions selected using the proposed MVT-graph. This technique is applied for development of nuclear power plants (NPP) instrumentation and control (I&C) platform. The diverse I&C platform RADIY, which is designed, produced and supplied by the Radiy Company in Ukraine is described and analysed. The results of implementation of the suggested decisions and technologies in safety-critical dependable systems and infrastructures in Ukrainian NPPs are analysed.

Keywords: diversity; safety-critical systems; dependable systems; systems-on-programmable chip; SoPC; critical infrastructures; nuclear power plants; NPP; power plant instrumentation; power plant control; nuclear energy; nuclear power; reliability.

DOI: 10.1504/IJCCBS.2010.031890

International Journal of Critical Computer-Based Systems, 2010 Vol.1 No.1/2/3, pp.24 - 40

Published online: 28 Feb 2010 *

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