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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2007
Applicants:
Brett W. Coon, San Jose, CA (US);
Bryon S. Nordquist, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Brett W. Coon, San Jose, CA (US);
Bryon S. Nordquist, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/07 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A global processor operating mode is used select whether a processor stops processing when an error is detected or ignores the error and continues processing while overriding values as needed to recover from the error. When a soldier-on mode is enabled the system attempts to recover from the error while also recording the error state of the first error in on-chip registers for later analysis. When the soldier-on mode is not enabled and an error occurs, the system stops processing and the error is reported up to the operating system.