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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 1983
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ernst Schmitter, Munich, DE;
Paul Birzele, Munich, DE;
Klaus Buchmann, Munich, DE;
Gerhard Geitz, Munich, DE;
Bernhard Will, Munich, DE;
Wolfgang Beifuss, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Berlin & Munich, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364200 ; 371 11 ; 371 36 ;
Abstract
A Fault-tolerant computer architecture employs a plurality of microcomputers connected in a partially meshed ring. Three device controllers are connected to any of the microcomputers by means of a passive switch, and a fault in data transmission relative to one microcomputer is resolved by a two-out-of-three decision. A failure of one microcomputer is manifested by an adjacent microcomputer, so that the down microcomputer is omitted from furthwr task assignments.