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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2007

Filed:

Dec. 31, 2001
Applicants:

Steven J. Tu, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Alexander J. Honcharik, Chandler, AZ (US);

Hang T. Nguyen, Tempe, AZ (US);

Sujat Jamil, Chandler, AZ (US);

Quinn W. Merrell, Fort Collins, CO (US);

Inventors:

Steven J. Tu, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Alexander J. Honcharik, Chandler, AZ (US);

Hang T. Nguyen, Tempe, AZ (US);

Sujat Jamil, Chandler, AZ (US);

Quinn W. Merrell, Fort Collins, CO (US);

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/28 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An processor includes first and second execution cores that operate in an FRC mode, an FRC check unit to compare results from the first and second execution cores, and an error check unit to detect recoverable errors in the first and second cores. The FRC check unit temporarily stores results from the first or second core, and a timer is activated if a mismatch is detected. If the error detector detects a recoverable error before the timer interval expires, a recovery routine is activated. If the timer interval expires first, a reset routine is activated.


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