FAIL-FAST, FAIL-FUNCTIONAL, FAULT-TOLERANT MULTIPROCESSOR SYSTEM

• Main Authors: KLECKA, JAMES STEVENS, WATSON, WILLIAM JOEL, SONNIER, DAVID P, CUTTS, RICHARD W., JR, BUNTON, WILLIAM PATTERSON, ZALZALA, LINDA ELLEN, KRAUSE, JOHN C
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 08.12.1996
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; MEASURING; MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES; PHYSICS; TESTING; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

A multiprocessor system includes a number of subprocessor systems, each substantially identically constructed, and each comprising a central processing unit (CPU), and at least one I/O device, interconnected by routing apparatus that also interconnects the sub-processor systems. A CPU of any one of...