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Systems and methods for maintaining lock step operation

US7496786B2 · kind B2 · utility

19Cited by

1References

10Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Stratus Technologies Bermuda, Ltd. · BM

Inventors

Simon Graham · Bolton, US
Dan Lussier · Holliston, US
Tim Wegner · Westborough, US
Jeffrey S. Somers · Lowell, US
Steven Haid · Bolton, US
John W. Edwards · Brandon, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 10, 2006
Grant date	Feb 24, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 6, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F11/1675
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system is provided for rapidly synchronizing two or more processing elements in a fault-tolerant computing system. Embodiments of this system allow for the rapid synchronization of two processing elements through partial copies of the contents of memory associate with each processing element.

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