• DocumentCode
    1142304
  • Title

    Fault Tolerance of a General Purpose Computer Implemented by Very Large Scale Integration

  • Author

    Sedmak, Richard M. ; Liebergot, Harris L.

  • Author_Institution
    Sperry Univac
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1980
  • fDate
    6/1/1980 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    492
  • Lastpage
    500
  • Abstract
    The construction of computer systems containing integrated circuit logic components with very large scale integration (VLSI), that is, many thousands of gates, is inevitable. Such levels of integration have already been achieved in memory components. There are significant problems in using some conventional fault-tolerant techniques in VLSI implementations for general purpose computers; consequently, modified approaches must be investigated.
  • Keywords
    Availability; computer; fault detection; fault recovery; fault tolerance; maintainability; redundancy; reliability; self- checking; very large scale integration (VLSI); Circuit faults; Circuit testing; Costs; Fault detection; Fault diagnosis; Fault tolerance; Large scale integration; Maintenance; Redundancy; Very large scale integration; Availability; computer; fault detection; fault recovery; fault tolerance; maintainability; redundancy; reliability; self- checking; very large scale integration (VLSI);
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computers, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9340
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TC.1980.1675608
  • Filename
    1675608