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Fault-tolerant digital computing system with reduced memory redundancy

US5086429A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 10, 1990
Grant dateFeb 4, 1992
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Expiry dateApr 10, 2010

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F11/2043
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A highly reliable data processing system using the pair-spare architecture obviates the need for separate memory arrays for each processor. A single memory is shared between each pair of processors wherein a linear block code error detection scheme is implemented with each shared memory, wherein the effect of random memory faults is sufficiently detected such that the inherent fault tolerance of a pair-spare architecture is not compromised.

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