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Soft error handling in microprocessors

US7512772B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 8, 2007
Grant dateMar 31, 2009
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Expiry dateSep 15, 2027

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F11/1405
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for low cost handling of soft error in a microprocessor system is described, which includes detecting a soft error, indicating a register having soft error to an instruction unit, flushing microprocessor pipelines, identifying locations from which to recover a good architectural state based on execution resources used for processing, and recovering the good architectural state from duplicate execution resources used for processing.

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