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Patent
CA 2003342
ABSTRACT: A computer system in a fault-tolerant configuration employs three identical CPUs executing the same instruction stream, with two identical, self-checking memory modules storing duplicates of the same data. Memory references by the three CPUs are made by three separate busses connected to three separate ports of each of the two memory modules. The three CPUs are loosely synchronized, as by detecting events such as memory references and stalling any CPU ahead of others until all execute the function simultaneously; interrupts can be synchronized by ensuring that all three CPUs implement the interrupt at the same point in their instruction stream. Memory references via the separate CPU-to-memory busses are voted at the three separate ports of each of the memory modules. I/O functions are imple- mented using two identical I/O busses, each of which is separate- ly coupled to only one of the memory modules. A number Or I/O processors are coupled to both I/O busses. Each CPU has its own fast cache and also a local memory not accessible by the other CPUs. A hierarchical virtual memory management arrangement for this system employs demand paging to keep the most-used data in the local memory, page-swapping with the global memory. Page swapping with disk memory is through the global memory; the global memory is used as a disk buffer and also to hold pages likely to be needed for loading to local memory. The operating system kernel is kept in local memory. A private-write area is included in the shared memory space in the memory modules to allow functions such as software voting of state information unique to CPUs. All CPUs write state information to their private-write area, then all CPUs read all the private-write areas for functions such as detecting differences in interrupt cause or the like.
Allison John D.
Cutts Richard W. Jr.
Debacker Kenneth C.
Horst Robert W.
Jewett Douglas E.
Allison John D.
Cutts Richard W. Jr.
Debacker Kenneth C.
Gowling Lafleur Henderson Llp
Horst Robert W.
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