Fault-tolerant parallel processing system
US4907232A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 28, 1988 |
| Grant date | Mar 6, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 28, 2008 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/182
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A fault tolerant processing system which includes a plurality of at least (3f+1) fault containment regions each including a plurality of processors and a network element connected to each of the processors and to the network elements of the other regions. Groups of processors are used to form redundant processing sites, the number of each group being included in a different fault containment region. The operations of the network elements are synchronized and the system can be arranged to re-configure the groups of processors so as to form different pluralities of redundant processing sites.
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