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Register file soft error recovery

US8560924B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 5, 2010
Grant dateOct 15, 2013
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Expiry dateJan 17, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F11/0727
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Register file soft error recovery including a system that includes a first register file and a second register file that mirrors the first register file. The system also includes an arithmetic pipeline for receiving data read from the first register file, and error detection circuitry to detect whether the data read from the first register file includes corrupted data. The system further includes error recovery circuitry to insert an error recovery instruction into the arithmetic pipeline in response to detecting the corrupted data. The inserted error recovery instruction replaces the corrupted data in the first register file with a copy of the data from the second register file.

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