The rapid growth of chiplet-based artificial intelligence systems-on-chip (SoCs) has exposed a fundamental gap in semiconductor test methodology. Existing Known Good Die (KGD) screening guarantees pre-assembly functional correctness, yet it offers no probabilistic assurance of post-assembly reliability lifetime.
arXiv:2608. 09622v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Reliability qualification of advanced semiconductor devices requires sequential stress decisions that balance characterization objectives against multiple competing failure mechanisms.
By Youssef A. Elhagrasy, Ian Hill, Andr\'e Ivanov
arXiv:2607. 05187v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: As CMOS technology scales into the deep nanometer regime, digital circuit reliability is increasingly threatened by the combined stochastic effects of Bias Temperature Instability (BTI) and Process Variation (PV).
By Arash Esshaghi, Siavash Es'haghi, Gholamreza Shahabadi, Alireza Moradi
The paper introduces a finite‑sample probabilistic safety certification framework for black‑box AI decision models used in closed‑loop grid operation. It transforms the AI‑grid evaluation into a binary unsafe outcome under a safety specification and applies exact binomial inference to provide a tight one‑sided upper bound on the unsafe operation probability, using held‑out calibration scenarios. The framework also incorporates physically interpretable sample‑space adversarial attacks to address distribution shifts and is validated through case studies involving 1,000‑agent AI models for grid‑edge flexibility coordination.
By Yihong Zhou, Hanbin Yang, Thomas Morstyn
As CMOS technology scales into the deep nanometer regime, digital circuit reliability is increasingly threatened by the combined stochastic effects of Bias Temperature Instability (BTI) and Process Variation (PV). Traditional reliability analysis methods, which rely on computationally intensive simulations or extensive lookup tables, fail to scale efficiently for large designs, creating a critical bottleneck in design space exploration.
arXiv:2607. 23134v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Discovering rare safety-critical failures in autonomous and cyber-physical systems is a fundamental challenge in verification and validation.
By Tanmay Khandait, Preetom Biswas, Hideki Okamoto, Bardh Hoxha, Georgios Fainekos, Giulia Pedrielli