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Ph. D. Thesis
Contributions to Real-Time and Isolation Features in Virtualization for Heterogeneous Embedded Systems
- Doctoral student:
- Sara Alonso Salazar
- Year:
- 2024
- Director(s):
- Unai Bidarte, Leire Muguira
- Description:
Mixed Criticality Systems (MCS), very popular nowadays, require the simultaneous execution of several environments with different needs in terms of real-time or security level. To achieve this, heterogeneous embedded systems are used, where, through virtualization based on hypervisors or AMP (Asymmetric Multi-Processing) frameworks, several environments with different operating systems can be executed on a single device. However, this is a challenge in terms of compliance with real-time and isolation. The thesis focuses on these two characteristics, applied on System-on-Chip devices with a Field-Programmable Gate Array (SoC FPGA). On the one hand, different latencies introduced by various virtualization technologies are measured, and a circuit is designed that facilitates temporal analysis, which represents an advance with respect to existing tools. On the other hand, a method is implemented to extend the logical contexts provided by hypervisors to the FPGA, improving system isolation and security.
- Mention:
- International PhD