Processor-level selective replication

Proceedings of the International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 544-553

  Nakka, Nithin ^a   Pattabiraman, Karthik ^a   Iyer, Ravishankar ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Application aware; Critical variable; Duplication; Error detection; Redundant hardware

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL VARIABLE; DATA ERRORS; DUPLICATION; SELECTIVE REPLICATION;

COMPUTER HARDWARE; DATA ACQUISITION; ERROR ANALYSIS; FAULT TOLERANCE;

PROGRAM PROCESSORS;

EID: 36049042979     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/DSN.2007.75     Document Type: Conference Paper

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