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Controlling non-redundant execution in a redundant multithreading (RMT) processor

US9594648B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 30, 2008
Grant dateMar 14, 2017
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Expiry dateOct 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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