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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2010
Applicant:
Eiichiro Shigehara, Nissin, JP;
Inventor:
Eiichiro Shigehara, Nissin, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A failure diagnostic system () for a multicore CPU having installed therein a plurality of CPU cores () that is configured to be switched from a SMP mode to an AMP mode includes: load prediction means for predicting a processing load of the multicore CPU; mode switching means for switching at least one of the CPU cores () to the AMP mode when the processing load is less than a threshold; and failure diagnostic means for performing a failure diagnosis of the CPU core that has been switched to the AMP mode.