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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
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);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
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.