Registers – Transfer mechanism – Traveling pawl
Patent
1975-02-06
1976-05-25
Atkinson, Charles E.
Registers
Transfer mechanism
Traveling pawl
235153AE, G06F 1100, G06F 1516
Patent
active
039596389
ABSTRACT:
For increasing the availability of a modular computer, a control unit and switches are provided, the latter being connected in between the control storages and the remaining identical hardware of the processor. In the case of a hardware error of one processor, its control storage is switched for a specific period of time to the same hardware of another processor which interrupts its own tasks, assuming the tasks of the defective processor for the time during which the control storage of the defective processor remains switched off. Subsequently, the former or non-defective processor resumes its own tasks. The task cycles assigned to one processor or the other can be specified to be identical or as a function of the respective processing requirements.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2818199 (1974-06-01), Grossman et al.
patent: 3557315 (1971-01-01), Kobus et al.
patent: 3609704 (1971-09-01), Schurter
patent: 3692989 (1972-09-01), Kandiew
patent: 3758761 (1973-09-01), Henrion
patent: 3787816 (1974-01-01), Hauck et al.
patent: 3806887 (1974-04-01), Schulte et al.
patent: 3838261 (1974-09-01), Rice et al.
patent: 3872291 (1975-03-01), Hunter
Chao, The System Organization of MOBIDIC B, 1959, Proc. of the Eastern Joint Computer Conference, pp. 101-107.
Blum Arnold
Irro Fritz
Sonntag Guenther
Atkinson Charles E.
International Business Machines - Corporation
Schlemmer Roy R.
LandOfFree
Highly available computer system does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Highly available computer system, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Highly available computer system will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-907783