Controlling non-redundant execution in a redundant multithreading (RMT) processor
US9594648B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 30, 2008 |
| Grant date | Mar 14, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 29, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/1658
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for controlling redundant execution such that if an exceptional event occurs, the redundant execution is stopped, non-redundant execution is performed in one of the threads until the exceptional event has been-resolved, after which a state of the threads is synchronized, and redundant execution is continued. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
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