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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2006
Applicants:
Xavier Vera, Barcelona, ES;
Oguz Ergin, Ankara, TK;
Osman Unsal, Barcelona, ES;
Jaume Abella, Barcelona, ES;
Antonio González, Barcelona, ES;
Inventors:
Xavier Vera, Barcelona, ES;
Oguz Ergin, Ankara, TK;
Osman Unsal, Barcelona, ES;
Jaume Abella, Barcelona, ES;
Antonio González, Barcelona, ES;
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for determining a vulnerability level for an instruction executed in a processor, and re-executing the instruction if the vulnerability level is above a threshold. The vulnerability level may correspond to a soft error likelihood for the instruction while the instruction is in the processor. Other embodiments are described and claimed.