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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2017
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Wing C. Lee, San Marino, CA (US);
Sean M. Ramey, Mill Creek, WA (US);
Ronald James Koontz, Mesa, AZ (US);
Dick P. Wong, Monterey Park, CA (US);
Jackson Chia, San Gabriel, CA (US);
Anthony S. Fornabaio, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Murali Rangarajan, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Clarke Edgar Moore, Huntsville, AL (US);
David Clyde Sharp, St. Louis, MO (US);
Arnold W. Nordsieck, Bellevue, WA (US);
Paul Eugene Denzel, Bothell, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method for synchronizing processor units. An external synchronizer is communicated with to determine whether an undesired amount of skew is present between a first processor unit and a second processor unit in communication with a synchronization system. The first processor unit is selectively directed to perform an action without generating a needed result such that the undesired amount of skew between the first processor unit and the second processor unit is reduced when the undesired amount of skew is present in the first processor unit. The first processor unit and the second processor unit are associated with each other for a high integrity mode in which integrity checks are performed on corresponding messages generated by the first processor unit and the second processor unit.