Tolerating soft errors by selective duplication
US8271831B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 27, 2010 |
| Grant date | Sep 18, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 27, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/1479
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method, system, and computer usable program product for tolerating soft errors by selective duplication are provided in the illustrative embodiments. An application executing in a data processing system, selects an instruction that has to be protected from soft errors. The instruction is marked for duplication such that the instruction is duplicated during execution of the instruction. The marked instruction is sent for execution to a hardware front end.
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