Method for reconfiguring individual timer registers offline
US5355470A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 3, 1992 |
| Grant date | Oct 11, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 3, 2012 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/0724
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A timer unit that permits individual timer registers to be taken offline from the timer complex. A single register is taken offline instead of checkstopping the entire computer system due to a damaged timer, for example, thereby reducing system outages and thus providing increased availability of the system.
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