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Designing Fault-Tolerant Test Infrastructure for Large-Scale GPU Manufacturing

Karan Lulla , Senior Board Test Engineer, NVIDIA,Santa Clara, CA, USA

Abstract

In a modern-day digital economy, computational requirements for high-stakes industries such as finance, real estate, retail, and cloud computing must be met by Graphics Processing Units (GPUs). Reliability and performance of such GPUs are integral, as small failures can cause large-scale business disruptions and financial losses. This paper examines the architectural and methodological models for designing a fault-tolerant test infrastructure in the large-scale production of GPUs. It highlights the requirement of redundancy, modularity, real-time monitoring, and automated error check prototyping for keeping throughput and reliability at the industrial level. By presenting a detailed analysis of sector-specific utilization, the study shows how GPUs fuel critical missions such as high-frequency trading, immersive real estate model creation, and real-time recommendation engines in e-commerce. A robust testing architecture is illustrated, including modular test cells, cloud-integrated environments, and an intelligent diagnostic system that can manage thermal, voltage, and computational faults. The methodology section describes data-driven test strategies, edge case simulations, and proposals for continuous integrated pipelines. Accenture’s successful case study exemplifies how an AI-powered fault-tolerant testing grid can achieve real-world success by reducing post-deployment failures by 42%. Predictive maintenance and multi-level monitoring methods are also described as requirements for scalable, resilient infrastructure. The study ends with the future trends of self-healing environments, AI-driven root cause analysis, and sustainable testing practices. This framework provides a technical and strategic roadmap for manufacturers that plan to provide the same level of GPU performance in the face of the ever-increasing requirements of AI-centric, real-time, and cloud-based applications.

Keywords

Self-Healing Test Environments, AI-Driven Root Cause Analysis, Thermal Stress Testing, Redundant Test Infrastructure, Predictive Maintenance Algorithms, Cloud-Based GPU Validation

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Designing Fault-Tolerant Test Infrastructure for Large-Scale GPU Manufacturing. (2025). International Journal of Signal Processing, Embedded Systems and VLSI Design, 5(01), 35-61. https://doi.org/10.55640/ijvsli-05-01-04