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Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015

Filed:

Jan. 15, 2013
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

William V. Huott, Holmes, NY (US);

Kevin W. Kark, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);

John G. Massey, Jericho, VT (US);

K. Paul Muller, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);

David L. Rude, Wendell, NC (US);

David S. Wolpert, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 13/00 (2006.01); H03M 13/29 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 13/2909 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for adding error detection, or error detection combined with error correction, to a plurality of register banks includes grouping the plurality of register banks into an array. The method also includes adding a first error control mechanism to the array in a first direction and adding a second error control mechanism to the array in a second direction. The method further includes adding a product code to the array, the product code including applying the second error control mechanism to a plurality of bits of the first error control mechanism.


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