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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
John A. Fifield, Underhill, VT (US);
Mark C. Hakey, Fairfax, VT (US);
Jason D. Hibbeler, Williston, VT (US);
James S. Nakos, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Tak H. Ning, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Kenneth P. Rodbell, Sandy Hook, CT (US);
Ronald D. Rose, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Henry H. K. Tang, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Larry Wissel, Williston, VT (US);
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC., Grand Cayman, KY;
Abstract
A method is provided to convert commercial microprocessors to radiation-hardened processors and, more particularly, a method is provided to modify a commercial microprocessor for radiation hardened applications with minimal changes to the technology, design, device, and process base so as to facilitate a rapid transition for such radiation hardened applications. The method is implemented in a computing infrastructure and includes evaluating a probability that one or more components of an existing commercial design will be affected by a single event upset (SEU). The method further includes replacing the one or more components with a component immune to the SEU to create a final device.